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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)
> Cardiomya (Genus)
> rectimarginata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cardiomya (Kurodamya) Okutani & Sakurai, 1964
=Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Kurodamya Okutani & Sakurai, 1964
=Neaera (Cardiomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Spathophora Jeffreys, 1882
Images: Cardiomya rectimarginata Dell, 1962
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015006). 14mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015006). 14mm. © 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)
> Cardiomya (Genus)
> rectimarginata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cardiomya (Kurodamya) Okutani & Sakurai, 1964
=Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Kurodamya Okutani & Sakurai, 1964
=Neaera (Cardiomya) A. Adams, 1864
=Spathophora Jeffreys, 1882
Details: Cardiomya rectimarginata Dell, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Width 14mm, Height 8.5mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, from 549-660m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, 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.437)
  • Dell, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.69) 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