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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CUNINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Cuninae (Subfamily)
> Condylocuna (Genus)
> mernoo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Condylocuna Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Condylocardia mernoo Dell, 1952
Images: Condylocuna mernoo (Dell, 1952)
Holotype of Condylocardia mernoo, collected 6 Nov 1936, Mernoo Bank, W Chatham Rise, NZ (M005498). 1.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CUNINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Cuninae (Subfamily)
> Condylocuna (Genus)
> mernoo (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Condylocuna Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Condylocardia mernoo Dell, 1952
Details: Condylocuna mernoo (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.3mm, Height 1.1mm
Distribution:
Mernoo Bank, western Chatham Rise, from 95m
Type Data:
  • 95 metres, Mernoo Bank, W Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype of Condylocardia mernoo Dell, 1952)
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.408)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New marine Mollusca from the Cook Strait area and southern New Zealand., Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 79(2) (p.412) 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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