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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: ARCOPAGIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Arcopagiinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudarcopagia (Genus)
> disculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) Bertin, 1878
=Zearcopagia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina disculus Deshayes, 1855
=Tellina sublenticularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Zearcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Images: Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
In beach drift, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TELLINIDAE: ARCOPAGIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tellinidae (Family)
> Arcopagiinae (Subfamily)
> Pseudarcopagia (Genus)
> disculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Tellina (Pseudarcopagia) Bertin, 1878
=Zearcopagia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Tellina disculus Deshayes, 1855
=Tellina sublenticularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
=Zearcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Details: Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Width 40mm, Height 35mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, from 0-37m
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.418)
  • Deshayes, G.P. 1855 Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 22 (p.360) 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