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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)
> willetti (Species)
Images: Cuspidaria willetti Fleming, 1948
Dredged in mud, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in mud, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in 39 metres, Hole in the Wall, Coromandel, NZ. © rights reserved
Dredged in 55-73 metres, off Hicks Bay, NW of East Cape, NZ (MA38546). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged in 55-73 metres, off Hicks Bay, NW of East Cape, NZ (MA38546). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CUSPIDARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Cuspidariidae (Family)
> Cuspidaria (Genus)
> willetti (Species)
Details: Cuspidaria willetti Fleming, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Width 22mm, Height 10mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern and south-western South Island and Chatham Islands, from 27-256m
Type Data:
  • 25 metres, Chalky Inlet, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.81) 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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