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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)
> raoulensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
Images: Austroneaera raoulensis Powell, 1958
Collected 28 Oct 1975, off Meyer Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.225814). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 28 Oct 1975, off Meyer Island, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (M.225814). 3.8mm. © 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)
> raoulensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) Powell, 1937
Synonymised Names:
=Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
=Rhinoclama (Austroneaera) raoulensis (Powell, 1958)
Details: Austroneaera raoulensis Powell, 1958
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.8mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 20-31m
Type Data:
  • 75-85 metres, off Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, 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.268)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.214)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.78) 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