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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosarepta benthicola Dell, 1956
Images: Lissarca benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Holotype, collected 28 Mar 1954, off Otago Peninsula, Karitane Canyon, NZ (M.009241). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 28 Mar 1954, off Otago Peninsula, Karitane Canyon, NZ (M.009241). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosarepta benthicola Dell, 1956
Details: Lissarca benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.7mm, Length 4.8mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island and western Chatham Rise, from 263-660m
Type Data:
  • 475-650 metres, Karitane Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype of Austrosarepta benthicola Dell, 1956)
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.369)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.15) 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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