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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)
> morelandi (Species)
Images: Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, east of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009199). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, east of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009199). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected in 600 metres, Papanui Canyon, off East Otago Head, NZ. 18mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 600 metres, Papanui Canyon, off East Otago Head, NZ. 18mm. © 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)
> morelandi (Species)
Details: Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 25mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 238-567m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, 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.436)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.39) 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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