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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: ACHARACINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Acharacinae (Subfamily)
> Acharax (Genus)
> clarificata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Acharax) Dall, 1908
Images: Acharax clarificata (Dell, 1995)
SE of Cape Kidnappers, 1098-1104 metres (M.316970). 73mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
SE of Cape Kidnappers, 1098-1104 metres (M.316970). 73mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Sub-adult specimen, NE of Cape Turnagain (M.316969). 67.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 14 Jan 1979, off Clarence River mouth, NZ (M.059662). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: ACHARACINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Acharacinae (Subfamily)
> Acharax (Genus)
> clarificata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Acharax) Dall, 1908
Details: Acharax clarificata (Dell, 1995)
Size/Grows to:
Length 87mm, Width 32mm
Distribution:
Off Aldermen Islands, Northern Mernoo Slope, Chatham Rise, Off Clarence River mouth, from 392-1168m
Type Data:
  • 1100 metres, off Clarence River mouth, SE of Cape Campbell, NZ, (holotype)
  • 680-700 metres, NE of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. 2015 New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia), Molluscan Research, 35(4) (p.247)
  • Dell, R.K. 1995 New species and records of deep-water Mollusca from off New Zealand, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2 (p.2) 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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