Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -233 meters (0 to -764 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Order:
Veneroida
()
- H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superfamily:
Mactroidea
()
- Family:
Mesodesmatidae
()
- Genus:
Rochefortina
()
- Specific name:
sandwichensis
- Scientific name: - Rochefortina sandwichensis
- Specific name:
sandwichensis
- Genus:
Rochefortina
(
- Family:
Mesodesmatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Mactroidea
(
- Order:
Veneroida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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Members of the genus Rochefortina
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16167753
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2801345
Footnotes
- Mean = -70.670 meters (-231.857 feet), Standard Deviation = 92.650 based on 6 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
