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Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> pileolus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Images: Cyclochlamys pileolus Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Holotype, collected Feb 1955, Halfmoon Bay, NZ (M.155879). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYCLOCHLAMYDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Pectinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cyclochlamydidae (Family)
> Cyclochlamys (Genus)
> pileolus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) Finlay, 1926
Details: Cyclochlamys pileolus Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, Foveaux Strait, and Stewart, Auckland and Bounty Islands. The Kermadec record probably dates from a late glacial maximum, from 8-538m
Type Data:
  • 90 metres, off Taieri, S of Dunedin, NZ, (paratype)
  • Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
  • 18 metres, off Flat Rock, Foveaux Strait, NZ, (paratype)
  • 55 metres, Off Poutama Island, South Cape, Stewart Island, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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.33) 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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