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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Terua (Genus)
> arcuatilis (Species)
Images: Terua arcuatilis (Dell, 1995)
NE of Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands, 1242 metres trawled living attached to whale skull. 28mm. © rights reserved
1000 metres on whale jaw, off West Coast, N. of Auckland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 17 July 1985, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.089788). ~25mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 17 July 1985, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.089788). ~25mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Terua (Genus)
> arcuatilis (Species)
Details: Terua arcuatilis (Dell, 1995)
Size/Grows to:
Length 30mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, Chatham Rise and N of Auckland Islands. On whale bone, from 379-1242m
Type Data:
  • 880 metres, NE of Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Dell, R.K. 1995 New species and records of deep-water Mollusca from off New Zealand, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2 (p.4) 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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