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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> calcar (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acutispinula Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Bathyspinula) Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 Sanders & Allen, 1982
=Spinula Dall, 1908
=Spinula (Bathyspinula) Sanders & Allen, 1982
Synonymised Names:
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) calcar (Dall, 1908)
=Leda (Spinula) calcar Dall, 1908
=Leda calcar Dall, 1908
=Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> calcar (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acutispinula Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
=Bathyspinula (Bathyspinula) Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 Sanders & Allen, 1982
=Spinula Dall, 1908
=Spinula (Bathyspinula) Sanders & Allen, 1982
Synonymised Names:
=Bathyspinula (Acutispinula) calcar (Dall, 1908)
=Leda (Spinula) calcar Dall, 1908
=Leda calcar Dall, 1908
=Spinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
Details: Bathyspinula calcar (Dall, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 18.6mm, Height 10.3mm
Distribution:
Widely distributed in the Pacific. Kermadecs
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.37)
  • Dall, W.H. 1908 Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross,' during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 43(6) (p.378) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil