Deep-Sea taxon details
Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
393701 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393701)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details] 
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
Depth range below littoral-upper bathyal
Distribution probably extinct in Australian waters
Depth range below littoral-upper bathyal [details]
Distribution probably extinct in Australian waters
Distribution probably extinct in Australian waters [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393701 on 2026-06-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393701 on 2026-06-06
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(of ) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 28 (1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.28.1.1 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1995). Pliocene limestones and their scallops. Lithostratigraphy, pectinid biostratigraphy and paleogeography of eastern North Island Neogene limestone. <em>Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.</em> Monograph 10: 1-243.
page(s): 15 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Dijkstra, H. H.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 28 (1): 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.28.1.1 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1995). Pliocene limestones and their scallops. Lithostratigraphy, pectinid biostratigraphy and paleogeography of eastern North Island Neogene limestone. <em>Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.</em> Monograph 10: 1-243.
page(s): 15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range below littoral-upper bathyal [details]Distribution probably extinct in Australian waters [details]
Length >80 mm [details]
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zygochlamys delicatula)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Dunedin, ex col...
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Otago, by trawl...
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F.W.Hutton,1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Otago)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zygochlamys delicatula)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Dunedin, ex col...
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F. W. Hutton, 1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Otago, by trawl...
To Malacopics (Zygochlamys delicatula (F.W.Hutton,1873) New Zealand, Otago, off Otago)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
