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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Acesta (Genus)
> maui (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acesta (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963 accepted, alternate representation
=Lima (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Lima (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963
=Plicacesta H.E. Vokes, 1963
Images: Acesta maui B.A. Marshall, 2001
W of Stewart Island, NZ. 124mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 31 Aug 1987, SE of Cambell Island, NZ (M.147265). 130mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 31 Aug 1987, SE of Cambell Island, NZ (M.147265). 130mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Acesta (Genus)
> maui (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acesta (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963 accepted, alternate representation
=Lima (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Lima (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963
=Plicacesta H.E. Vokes, 1963
Details: Acesta maui B.A. Marshall, 2001
Size/Grows to:
Height 130mm, Width 90mm
Distribution:
Norfolk Ridge NW of Cape Reinga, Cook Strait, north-eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands, Bounty Plateau, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise, from 317-1000m
Type Data:
  • 640 metres, S of Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 400 metres, Conway Rise, S of Kaikoura, NZ, (paratype)
  • 530-540 metres, Pukaki Rise, SW of Bounty Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 480-490 metres, SE of Campbell Island, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2001 The genus Acesta H. & A. Adams, 1858 in the south-west Pacific (Bivalvia: Limidae). p97-109 in P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-sea Benthos, volume 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.99) 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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