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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> lemchei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamydella favus lemchei Powell, 1958
=Chlamydella lemchei Powell, 1958
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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> lemchei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamydella favus lemchei Powell, 1958
=Chlamydella lemchei Powell, 1958
Details: Cyclochlamys lemchei (Powell, 1958)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.2mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, 27-420 metres
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.29)
  • Dijkstra, H. 2001 Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from Wallis and Fortuna Islands, Vanuatu Archipelago and New Caledonia. In: Bouchet, P., & Marshall, B.A. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Volume 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.88)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 1997 Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands, Molluscan Research, 18 (p.85)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.70) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil