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Taxonomy
Family:
PERIPLOMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Periplomatidae (Family)
> Offadesma (Genus)
> angasi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Periploma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Images: Offadesma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 69mm. © rights reserved
Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 69mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PERIPLOMATIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Periplomatidae (Family)
> Offadesma (Genus)
> angasi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Periploma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Details: Offadesma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Size/Grows to:
Width 104mm, Height 70mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Below low tide in soft or sandy mud. Also South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania, from 0-64m
Notes:
Lantern Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Description:
Right valve inflated, left valve almost flat

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References and Publications
  • Coles, J. Aug/1985 Offadesma angasi (Crosse and Fischer, 1864), Poirieria, 14(2) (p.14)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.433)

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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