Barythaerus biconvexus is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Thraciidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand,[2] with records off southern South Island and Stewart Island.[3]
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| Type specimen of Barythaerus biconvexus from the collections of Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Family: | Thraciidae |
| Genus: | Barythaerus |
| Species: | B. biconvexus
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| Binomial name | |
| Barythaerus biconvexus (Powell, 1927)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Myadora biconvexa Powell, 1927 | |
Barythaerus biconvexus measures up to 5.1 mm (0.20 in) in length. It is known from depths between 27–311 m (89–1,020 ft), with live specimens from bryozoan and shell substrates at intermediate depths (55–183 m).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Barythaerus biconvexus (A. W. B. Powell, 1927)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Barythaerus biconvexa (Powell, 1927)". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ a b Marshall, B. A. (2002). "Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca: Bivalvia)". Molluscan Research. 22 (3): 221–288. doi:10.1071/MR02011.
Further reading
edit- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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