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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> tasmanica (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:
=Ledella tasmanica (Knudsen, 1970)
=Spinula tasmanica Knudsen, 1970
Images: Bathyspinula tasmanica Knudsen, 1970
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Taxonomy
Family:
BATHYSPINULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Nuculanida (Order)
> Nuculanoidea (Superfamily)
> Bathyspinulidae (Family)
> Bathyspinula (Genus)
> tasmanica (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:
=Ledella tasmanica (Knudsen, 1970)
=Spinula tasmanica Knudsen, 1970
Details: Bathyspinula tasmanica Knudsen, 1970
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.6mm, Height 3.3mm
Distribution:
Tasman Sea, from 3580m
Type Data:
  • 3580 metres, Tasman Sea, W of Jackson Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Knudsen, J. 1970 The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia, Galathea Report, 11 (p.41) 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