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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> calypso (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) calypso Walton, 2015 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Solemya calypso Walton, 2015
Paratype, Calypso Hydrothermal Vent Field, E Bay of Plenty, 181 metres (NIWA 32151). 14.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> calypso (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) calypso Walton, 2015 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Solemya calypso Walton, 2015
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm
Distribution:
Calypso Hydrothermal Vent Field, eastern Bay of Plenty, alive at 181-192 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. 2015 New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia), Molluscan Research, 35(4) (p.249) 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
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