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Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Austroneaera (Genus)
> brooki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) brooki B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Rhinoclama brooki B.A. Marshall, 2002
Images: Austroneaera brooki (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Holotype, collected 28 Oct 1975, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.152685). 6.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 28 Oct 1975, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.152685). 6.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 28 Oct 1975, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.152685). 6.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Austroneaera (Genus)
> brooki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) brooki B.A. Marshall, 2002
=Rhinoclama brooki B.A. Marshall, 2002
Details: Austroneaera brooki (B.A. Marshall, 2002)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.6mm
Distribution:
Off Kermadec Islands, from 100-219m
Type Data:
  • 135 metres, NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 140-200 metres, off NW end, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 140-170 metres, SE of Nugent Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • E of Dayrell Islet, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 275-220 metres, SE of d'Arcy Point, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 80-100 metres, SE of Smith Bluff, off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (paratype)
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.270) 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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