Species List for Family: Pectinidae
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- Ciclopecten fluctuatus (Bavay, 1905)
Height 5.45mm
Marine
Andaman Sea, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Loyalty Islands, and Kermadec Ridge, 225-566 metres
K
- Delectopecten fosterianus (Powell, 1933)
Height 19mm, Width 18mm
Marine
North and South Island, and Chatham Rise. Trawled from 350-1550 metres
ACFM
- Hyalopecten hadalis (Knudsen, 1970)
Height 13.2mm
Marine
Off Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Trench and Hikurangi Trench, 1808-6730 metres
K
- Mesopeplum convexum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Width 55mm, Height 50mm
Marine, Endemic
Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Dredged to over 250 metes
ACFME.
- Pseudamussium challengeri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
Height 8.1mm
Marine
Off Hokianga, Mayor Island, Challenger Plateau, Westport and Greymouth, 570-1029 metres. Also South eastern Australia, Tasman Sea
AC - Annachlamys iredalei (Powell, 1958)
Marine
Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and Kermadec Islands, 15-183 metres
K
- Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve, 1852
Width 175mm, Height 150mm
Queen Scallop, Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Pecten raoulensis Powell, 1958
Marine, Endemic
Raoul and Curtis Islands, Kermadec Islands, 42-146 metres
KE.
- Austrochlamys natans walosseki Jonkers, 2003
Height 108mm
Marine
South-eastern South America and off Auckland Islands, southern New Zealand, 125-960 metres
An - Cryptopecten bullatus (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Height 30mm
Marine
SW Indian Ocean, SE Africa, Japan, E China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, E Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Hawaiian Islands, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Ridge, and Kermadec Islands, 64-608 metres
K - Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Marine
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific, Norfolk Island, and Kermadec Islands, NZ Far North
KA
- Pascahinnites coruscans (Hinds, 1845)
Height 21mm
Marine
Indo-West Pacific, Kermadec Islands, 0-82 metres
K - Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck, 1819)
Height 70mm
Marine, Introduced
Australia. Occasional records from northern NZ
AI.
- Talochlamys dichroa (Suter, 1909)
Height 48mm, Width 46mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Chatham and southern Islands. In cod stomachs and trawled around 50-800 metres
KACFMAnE.
- Talochlamys gemmulata (Reeve, 1853)
Height 73mm, Width 68mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Trawled around 20-300 metres
ACFME.
- Talochlamys zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Height 58mm, Width 55mm
Fan Shell, Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Chatham and southern Islands. From low tide under rocks to over 40 metres. Often encased in sponge
ACFMAnE.
- Veprichlamys kiwaensis Powell, 1933
Height 30mm, Width 27mm
Marine
Southern New Caledonia, and New Zealand, 263-1130 metres
ACFM
- Zygochlamys delicatula (Hutton, 1873)
Width 60mm, Height 60mm
Marine
Off south-eastern South Island, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands
CFMAn
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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