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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDIIDAE: PROTOCARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Cardioidea (Superfamily)
> Cardiidae (Family)
> Protocardiinae (Subfamily)
> Microcardium (Genus)
> trapezoidale (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Decussicardium Fischer-Piette, 1977
=Frigidocardium (Tobarum) H. Noda, 1988
=Nemocardium (Microcardium) Keen, 1937
Images: Microcardium trapezoidale Poutiers, 2006
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDIIDAE: PROTOCARDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Cardioidea (Superfamily)
> Cardiidae (Family)
> Protocardiinae (Subfamily)
> Microcardium (Genus)
> trapezoidale (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Decussicardium Fischer-Piette, 1977
=Frigidocardium (Tobarum) H. Noda, 1988
=Nemocardium (Microcardium) Keen, 1937
Details: Microcardium trapezoidale Poutiers, 2006
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • ter Poorten, J.J. 2013 Revision of the Recent species of the genus Nemocardium Meek, 1876 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae), with the descriptions of three new species, Basteria, 77 (p.65)
  • Poutiers, J.M. 2006 Two new species of Protocardiine cockles (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiidae) from the tropical Southwest Pacific, Zoosystema, 28 (p.644) 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