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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MACTRIDAE: MACTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mactridae (Family)
> Mactrinae (Subfamily)
> Scalpomactra (Genus)
> scalpellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Darina pusilla Hutton, 1873
=Mactra scalpellum Reeve, 1854
Images: Scalpomactra scalpellum (Reeve, 1854)
Bay of Islands, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
Bay of Islands, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MACTRIDAE: MACTRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Mactroidea (Superfamily)
> Mactridae (Family)
> Mactrinae (Subfamily)
> Scalpomactra (Genus)
> scalpellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Darina pusilla Hutton, 1873
=Mactra scalpellum Reeve, 1854
Details: Scalpomactra scalpellum (Reeve, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Length 34mm, Height 20mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-550m
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.414)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1854 Monograph of the genus Mactra, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 8 (p.1) 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