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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: DACRYDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Dacrydiinae (Subfamily)
> Dacrydium (Genus)
> pelseneeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dacrydium (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859
=Dacrydium (Quendreda) Soot-Ryen, 1955
=Mytilus (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859
=Quendreda Soot-Ryen, 1955
Images: Dacrydium pelseneeri Hedley, 1906
Collected 17 Jan 1979, off Matakaoa Point, Hicks Bay, NZ (M.059897). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001861). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001861). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: DACRYDIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Dacrydiinae (Subfamily)
> Dacrydium (Genus)
> pelseneeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dacrydium (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859
=Dacrydium (Quendreda) Soot-Ryen, 1955
=Mytilus (Dacrydium) Torell, 1859
=Quendreda Soot-Ryen, 1955
Details: Dacrydium pelseneeri Hedley, 1906
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island, from 49-805m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (syntype)
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.374)
  • Hedley, C. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.72) 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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