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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: AENIGMOTELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Aenigmotellinae (Subfamily)
> Coanyax (Genus)
> flabellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Agnomyax nana (Powell, 1958)
=Asaphis nana Powell, 1958
=Psammobia flabellum Viader, 1951
Images: Coanyax flabellum (Viader, 1951)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: AENIGMOTELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Aenigmotellinae (Subfamily)
> Coanyax (Genus)
> flabellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Agnomyax nana (Powell, 1958)
=Asaphis nana Powell, 1958
=Psammobia flabellum Viader, 1951
Details: Coanyax flabellum (Viader, 1951)
Distribution:
New Zealand and Indo-West Pacific. Wanganella Bank, Kermadec Islands, Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Willan, R.C. 1993 Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region, Records of the Australian Museum (p.6)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.75)
  • Viader, R. 1951 New or unrecorded shells from Mauritius and its dependencies, Mauritius Institute Bulletin, 3(2) (p.43) 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