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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)
> rex (Species)
Images: Grippina rex B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.033807). 5.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.033807). 5.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.033807). 5.1mm. © 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)
> rex (Species)
Details: Grippina rex B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 36-805m
Type Data:
  • 100 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 120-130 metres, King Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 800 metres, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 250-300 metres, Middlesex Bank, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 310 metres, NW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 100 metres, off North East Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 91 metres, off North-east Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.274) 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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