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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: TELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Tellininae (Subfamily)
> Pristipagia (Genus)
> radians (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina parva Bertin, 1878
=Tellina radians Deshayes, 1855
=Tellinella radians (Deshayes, 1855)
Images: Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1855)
Kermadec Islands, NZ. 12mm
Kermadec Islands, NZ. 12mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: TELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Tellininae (Subfamily)
> Pristipagia (Genus)
> radians (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina parva Bertin, 1878
=Tellina radians Deshayes, 1855
=Tellinella radians (Deshayes, 1855)
Details: Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Length 20mm
Distribution:
Australia to Japan, and Kermadec Islands. Also has been recorded from Easter Island
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2015 Compendium of Bivalves 2, ConchBooks: Harxheim, Germany (p.593)
  • Raines, B., Huber, M. 2012 Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Bivalves, Zootaxa, 3217 (p.78)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.213)
  • Deshayes, G.P. 1855 Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 22 (p.366)

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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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