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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 approx. 380-560 metres
Geographical Range:
K
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

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