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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Globivenus (Genus)
> toreuma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ventricolaria Keen, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Chione toreuma (A.A. Gould, 1850)
=Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1853
=Venus hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
=Venus jukesi Deshayes, 1853
=Venus sculpta Deshayes, 1854
=Venus toreuma A.A. Gould, 1850
Images: Globivenus toreuma (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Kermadec Islands, NZ. © rights reserved
Kermadec Islands, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Globivenus (Genus)
> toreuma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ventricolaria Keen, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Chione toreuma (A.A. Gould, 1850)
=Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1853
=Venus hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
=Venus jukesi Deshayes, 1853
=Venus sculpta Deshayes, 1854
=Venus toreuma A.A. Gould, 1850
Details: Globivenus toreuma (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 0-219m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • 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.214)
  • Gould, A. 1850 Descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3 (p.277) 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
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