| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
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Holotype
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| Original name | Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008: 6, figs 4A-G, 5. |
| 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 6.6 mm, L 6.6 mm) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ M.173000). Type locality: New Zealand, southern Norfolk Ridge, NW of Cape Reinga, 33*22.61'S, 170*12.70'E, 514-540 m, dead, RV 'Tangaroa', 01.vi.2003. |
| Description | Shell small up to ca. 7 mm high, fragile, semi-transparent, strongly inflated, subcircular, equivalve, almost equilateral, left valve more convex than right valve, auricles dissimilar in shape, anterior auricle considerable larger than posterior one, umbonal angle ca. 100 degrees, translucent white,typically with a few scattere, irregular opaque and yellowish brown maculations. Valves and auricles sculptured with crisp commarginal lamellae (lv)and ridges (rv). Byssal notch shallow, byssal fasciole narrow. Internal riblets 9-10, plus a few rudimentary. |
| Distribution |
Southern Norfolk Ridge, N New Zealand(TL) |
| Habitat | Shells bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
