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Taxonomy
Family:
THRACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Thraciidae (Family)
> Asthenothaerus (Genus)
> maxwelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Asthenothaerus (Asthenothaerus) Carpenter, 1864 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Hunkydora novozelandica sensu Powell, 1979, not Reeve, 1859 (misapplication)
Images: Asthenothaerus maxwelli B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected Apr 1963, Horseshoe Bay, NZ (M.152678). 33mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Apr 1963, Horseshoe Bay, NZ (M.152678). 33mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Apr 1963, Horseshoe Bay, NZ (M.152678). 33mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Apr 1963, Horseshoe Bay, NZ (M.152678). 33mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
THRACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Thracioidea (Superfamily)
> Thraciidae (Family)
> Asthenothaerus (Genus)
> maxwelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Asthenothaerus (Asthenothaerus) Carpenter, 1864 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Hunkydora novozelandica sensu Powell, 1979, not Reeve, 1859 (misapplication)
Details: Asthenothaerus maxwelli B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Length 46mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, from 0-549m
Type Data:
  • Horseshoe Bay, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.227) 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