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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)
> Adipicola (Genus)
> osseocola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myrina H. & A. Adams, 1854
Images: Adipicola osseocola (Dell, 1987)
On Whale Skull, 880 metres, North-East of Chatham Islands, NZ. 16mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 15 May 1982, N of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.075026). 24mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 15 May 1982, N of Chatham Islands, NZ (M.075026). 24mm. © 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)
> Adipicola (Genus)
> osseocola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myrina H. & A. Adams, 1854
Details: Adipicola osseocola (Dell, 1987)
Size/Grows to:
Length 24mm, Height 10mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise and south-eastern South Island. On whale skulls, from 583-900m
Type Data:
  • N of Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Dell, R.K. 1987 Mollusca of the family Mytilidae (Bivalvia) associated with organic remains from deep water off New Zealand, with revisions of the genera Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 and Idasola Iredale, 1915, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 3 (p.22) 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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