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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Scaeochlamys (Genus)
> livida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea tegula W. Wood, 1828
=Pecten foliaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Pecten lividus Lamarck, 1819
=Scaeochlamys livida peroniana Iredale, 1939
Images: Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck, 1819)
Attached to boat hull originally from Sydney, Australia, and washed up at Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 63mm. © rights reserved
Attached to boat hull originally from Sydney, Australia, and washed up at Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 50mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Scaeochlamys (Genus)
> livida (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ostrea tegula W. Wood, 1828
=Pecten foliaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Pecten lividus Lamarck, 1819
=Scaeochlamys livida peroniana Iredale, 1939
Details: Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Height 70mm
Distribution:
Australia. Occasional records from northern NZ
Notes:
Marine, Non-indigenous
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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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