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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: LUCININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Lucininae (Subfamily)
> Bathyaustriella (Genus)
> thionipta (Species)
Images: Bathyaustriella thionipta Glover, Taylor & Rowden, 2004
Kermadec Ridge
Paratype, collected 21 Apr 2002, Macauley Cone, Kermadec Ridge, NZ (M.273197). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LUCINIDAE: LUCININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Lucinoidea (Superfamily)
> Lucinidae (Family)
> Lucininae (Subfamily)
> Bathyaustriella (Genus)
> thionipta (Species)
Details: Bathyaustriella thionipta Glover, Taylor & Rowden, 2004
Distribution:
Kermadec Ridge, from 385-562m
Type Data:
  • 480-505 metres, Macauley Cone, Kermadec Ridge, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Hydrothermal vents
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Glover, E.A., Taylor, J.D., Rowden, A.A. 2004 Bathyaustriella thionipta, a new lucinid bivalve from a hydrothermal vent on the Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand and its relationship to shallow-water taxa (Bivalvia: Lucinidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 70 (p.289) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil