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Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Sinepecten (Genus)
> segonzaci (Species)
Images: Sinepecten segonzaci Schein, 2006
1000-1200 metres, Northern Kermadec Ridge, NZ. 20mm. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
1000-1200 metres, Northern Kermadec Ridge, NZ. 20mm. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PROPEAMUSSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Propeamussiidae (Family)
> Sinepecten (Genus)
> segonzaci (Species)
Details: Sinepecten segonzaci Schein, 2006
Size/Grows to:
Height 24mm
Distribution:
Manus back-arc basin, Papua-New Guniea, and Brothers volcano, southern Kermadec Ridge
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.41)
  • Schein, E. 2006 A new deep-sea pectinid bivalve from thermal vents of Manus back-arc Basin (south-western Pacific), Sinepecten segonzaci n. gen., n. sp. (Pectinoidea: Pectinidae) and its relationships with the genera Bathypecten and Catillopecten, Zootaxa, 1135 (p.5) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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