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Taxonomy
Family:
CARDITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Hamacuna (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cuna otagoensis Powell, 1927
Images: Hamacuna otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Collected Jul 1974, oyster beds off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.071879). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jul 1974, oyster beds off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.071879). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CARDITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Hamacuna (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cuna otagoensis Powell, 1927
Details: Hamacuna otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 35-220m
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, off Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ, (holotype)
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.412)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.120) 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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