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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Philobrya (Genus)
> pinctada (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bryophila Carpenter, 1864
=Hochstetteria Vélain, 1877
=Micromytilus Cotton, 1931
=Notomytilus Hedley, 1916
=Philippiella Pfeffer, 1886
=Philobrya (Hochstetteria) Vélain, 1877
=Stempellaria Clasing, 1918
=Stempellia Odhner, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria pinctada Finlay, 1930
Images: Philobrya pinctada (Finlay, 1930)
Syntype of Hochstetteria pinctada, collected ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70361). 5.6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype of Hochstetteria pinctada, collected ENE of Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70361). 5.6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Philobrya (Genus)
> pinctada (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bryophila Carpenter, 1864
=Hochstetteria Vélain, 1877
=Micromytilus Cotton, 1931
=Notomytilus Hedley, 1916
=Philippiella Pfeffer, 1886
=Philobrya (Hochstetteria) Vélain, 1877
=Stempellaria Clasing, 1918
=Stempellia Odhner, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Hochstetteria pinctada Finlay, 1930
Details: Philobrya pinctada (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.6mm, Width 4.2mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and eastern South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, ENE of Taiaroa Head, NZ, (syntype of Hochstetteria pinctada Finlay, 1930)
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.367)

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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