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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)
> Mimachlamys (Genus)
> sanguinea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimoides Powell, 1958
=Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791)
=Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791
=Pecten senatoria (Gmelin, 1791)
Images: Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
In beach drift, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 27mm
Attached to boat hull originally from Sydney, Australia, and washed up at Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 47mm
Attached to boat hull originally from Sydney, Australia, and washed up at Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 46mm
Attached to boat hull originally from Sydney, Australia, and washed up at Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 49mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PECTINIDAE: PEDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pectinidae (Family)
> Pedinae (Subfamily)
> Mimachlamys (Genus)
> sanguinea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Chlamys (Mimachlamys) asperrimoides Powell, 1958
=Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791)
=Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791
=Pecten senatoria (Gmelin, 1791)
Details: Mimachlamys sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific, Norfolk Island, and Kermadec Islands, NZ Far North
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.70)
  • Dijkstra, H. 1999 Type specimens of Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) described by Linnaeus (1758-1771), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125 (p.413)
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 1997 Pectinoidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae: Pectinidae) of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands, Molluscan Research, 18 (p.101)

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
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