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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Tawera (Genus)
> phenax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plurigens Finlay, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Chamelea phenax (Finlay, 1930)
=Plurigens phenax Finlay, 1930
Images: Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930)
Trawled from off Taiaroa Heads, Otago, NZ. 47mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Plurigens phenax, collected off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Plurigens phenax, collected off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Tawera (Genus)
> phenax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plurigens Finlay, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Chamelea phenax (Finlay, 1930)
=Plurigens phenax Finlay, 1930
Details: Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Width 58mm, Height 52mm
Distribution:
Off Cape Palliser, south-eastern South Island, Snares and Campbell Island, and Auckland Islands, from 14-549m
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, 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.424)
  • Nov/1969 Pleurigens phenax, Poirieria, 5(2)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.246) 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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