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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)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> fairchildi (Species)
Images: Cuspidaria fairchildi Suter, 1908
Syntype, collected off Flat Point, Wairarapa coast, NZ (M.001896). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected off Flat Point, Wairarapa coast, NZ (M.001896). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected in 600 metres, off East Otago Head, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 600 metres, off East Otago Head, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> fairchildi (Species)
Details: Cuspidaria fairchildi Suter, 1908
Size/Grows to:
Width 67mm, Height 29mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands, and Chatham Rise, from 9-1023m
Type Data:
  • 140 metres, off Flat Point, Wairarapa, NZ, (syntype)
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.436)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand Mollusca., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.372) 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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