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Taxonomy
Family:
SPHENIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Spheniopsidae (Family)
> Grippina (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mysella aupouria Powell, 1937
Images: Grippina aupouria (Powell, 1937)
Collected 30 Jun 1978, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.093848). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 30 Jun 1978, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.093848). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 30 Jun 1978, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.093848). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SPHENIOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily)
> Spheniopsidae (Family)
> Grippina (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mysella aupouria Powell, 1937
Details: Grippina aupouria (Powell, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks and Three Kings Islands, from 102-805m
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings 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.395)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.172) 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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