| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Cyclochlamys austrina Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
| Figures |
Holotype (lv)
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| Original name | Cyclochlamys austrina Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008: 24, figs 21, 22A, 22C, 22D. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H. & B.A. Marshall, 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). - Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88, 70 figs. |
| Type data | Holotype (lv: H 1.65 mm) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ M.155885). Type locality: New Zealand, SW South Island, Bradshaw Sound, Bradshaw Basin floor, 45*17.3'S, 167*02.6'E, 415 m, dead, RV 'Munida', 31.v.1997. |
| Description | Shell small (holotype) 1.65 mm high, fragile, subcircular, almost equilateral, auricles nearly similar in size and shape, umbonal angle ca. 105 degrees, translucent and colourless. Left valve sculptured with widely spaced high, thin commarginal lamellae, traversed by narrower, more closely spaced radial threads, small conical nodules at intersections. Auricles with a few radial threads. Internal riblets lacking. |
| Distribution |
SW South Island, New Zealand (TL) |
| Habitat | Shells bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
