OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Ostreoida Pectinidae 

Veprichlamys kiwaensis (Powell, 1933)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chlamys kiwaensis Powell, 1933

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereNew Zealand
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia

Keywords

depth: continental rise [ to 1006m (living) ]
depth: continental slope [ from 366m (living) ]

References

 Dijkstra, H.H. 1995. p.58, figs 119-120 [ type data, NZ and New Caledonian material, distribution, remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Ostreoida
                Pectinina
                  Pectinoidea
                    Pectinidae Wilkes, 1810
                      Veprichlamys Iredale, 1929
                        Veprichlamys kiwaensis (Powell, 1933)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47013) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-05-24. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-06-12.