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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> delli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Images: Cyclochlamys delli Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Holotype, collected 19 Mar 1976, head of Karitane Canyon, NE of Taiaroa Head, NZ (M.155920). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> delli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Details: Cyclochlamys delli Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 3.6mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western South Island and Chatham Rise, from muddy substrata, from 128-660m
Type Data:
  • 530-590 metres, Head of Karitane Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dijkstra, H., Marshall, B.A. 2008 The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae), Molluscan Research, 28 (p.26) 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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