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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Montacuta (Genus)
> semiradiata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Montaguia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
=Sphenalia S.V. Wood, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Coriareus neozelanicus Dell, 1956
=Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
Images: Montacuta semiradiata Tate, 1889
Holotype of Coriareus neozelanicus, collected 3 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009763). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Coriareus neozelanicus, collected 3 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009763). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Montacuta (Genus)
> semiradiata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Montaguia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892
=Sphenalia S.V. Wood, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Coriareus neozelanicus Dell, 1956
=Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
Details: Montacuta semiradiata Tate, 1889
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.7mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, and Chatham Islands, from 72-1372m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 285 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 600 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype of Coriareus neozelanicus Dell, 1956, paratype)
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.395)
  • Tate, R. 1889 Description of some new species of marine Mollusca from South Australia and Victoria, Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, 11 (p.63) 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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