Species Pemphixina pyxidata (Davidson, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhynchocella nigricans pyxidata Davidson, T. 1880. Report on the Brachiopoda. Voyage of the HMS Challenger. Zoology. London : Publisher unknown Vol. 1 67 pp., pls 1-4. [59, pl. 4, fig. 14] [proposed as a variant].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, south of Kerguelen Island, 150 fathoms.

  Secondary source:

   Chapman, F. & Crespin, I. 1923. The Austral Rhynchonellacea of the "Nigricans series", with a description of the new genus Tegulorhynchia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 170-193 [188].

Distribution

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, filter-feeder, marine.

General References

Chapman, F. & Crespin, I. 1923. The Austral Rhynchonellacea of the "Nigricans series", with a description of the new genus Tegulorhynchia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 170-193 [188]

Cooper, G.A. 1981. Brachiopoda from the southern Indian Ocean (Recent). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 43: 1-93 [14]

Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [50] (distribution, remarks)

Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [50] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as subspecies Notosaria nigricans pyxidata)

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