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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)
> Thracia (Genus)
> vegrandis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odoncineta O.G. Costa, 1830
=Thracia (Crassithracia) Soot-Ryen, 1941 accepted, alternate representation
=Thracia (Odoncineta) O.G. Costa, 1830 accepted, alternate representation
=Thracia (Thracia) Blainville, 1824 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Thracia vegrandis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
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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)
> Thracia (Genus)
> vegrandis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odoncineta O.G. Costa, 1830
=Thracia (Crassithracia) Soot-Ryen, 1941 accepted, alternate representation
=Thracia (Odoncineta) O.G. Costa, 1830 accepted, alternate representation
=Thracia (Thracia) Blainville, 1824 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Thracia vegrandis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
Size/Grows to:
Width 25mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North, South, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, from 0-188m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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.433)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1974 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 8, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11 (p.200)
  • Marshall, P., Murdoch, R. 1919 Some new fossil species of Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.258) 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