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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> proceritas (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Pectunculina proceritas Crozier, 1966
Images: Limopsis proceritas Crozier, 1966
Holotype of Pectunculina proceritas, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.018480). 7-8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Pectunculina proceritas, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.018480). 7-8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Limopsidae (Family)
> Limopsis (Genus)
> proceritas (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pectunculina d'Orbigny, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Pectunculina proceritas Crozier, 1966
Details: Limopsis proceritas Crozier, 1966
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge, West Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Three Kings Islands, ENE of North Cape (Cavalli Seamount), Kermadec Ridge, from 427-1216m
Type Data:
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Pectunculina proceritas Crozier, 1966)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.365)
  • Crozier, M. 1966 New species and records of Mollusca from off the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.40) 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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