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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)
> meridionalis (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
Synonymised Names:
=Mysella frigida Thiele, 1912
=Mysella truncata Thiele, 1912
=Thracia (Crassithracia) meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1885
Images: Thracia meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1885
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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)
> meridionalis (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
Synonymised Names:
=Mysella frigida Thiele, 1912
=Mysella truncata Thiele, 1912
=Thracia (Crassithracia) meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1885
Details: Thracia meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1885
Distribution:
Curcum-Antarctic, South-eastern South Island, from 490-540m
Type Data:
  • Balfour Bay, Royal Sound, Kerguelen Island, (syntype of Thracia meridionalis E.A. Smith, 1885)
  • Gauss Station, Davis Sea, Antarctica, (holotype of Mysella trunctata Thiele, 1912, holotype of Mysella frigida Thiele, 1912)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-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.226)

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