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Species List for Genus: Parvamussium
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Pectinida (Order) > Pectinoidea (Superfamily) > Propeamussiidae (Family) > Parvamussium (Genus)
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  • Genus: Parvamussium

  • Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
    Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Norfolk Ridge, 442-774 metres
    A
  • Parvamussium cristatellum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
    Height 7.6mm
    Marine
    SE Africa, Indonesia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Rise, and Kermadec Ridge
    K
  • Parvamussium maorium (Dell, 1956)
    Height 13mm, Width 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island, Chatham Rise. Trawled 168 to over 1300 metres
    ACFMAn
  • Parvamussium retiolum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 13mm
    Marine
    West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Rise, and northern New Zealand, 316-1000 metres. Also Chesterfield Reefs (Coral Sea), New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu
    KAC
  • Parvamussium squalidulum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 7.8mm
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands, 146-610 metres. Also Coral Sea, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
    K
  • Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 7.6mm
    Marine
    West Norfolk Ridge, southern Kermadec Ridge, and northern New Zealand, 205-805 metres. Also Eastern Indonesia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu
    KA
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