MolluscaBase taxon details
Purpurocardia fyfei (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) †
830190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:830190)
accepted
Species
Venericardia fyfei H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine
fossil only
(of Venericardia fyfei H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †) Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin.</em> 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Purpurocardia fyfei (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830190 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Venericardia fyfei H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †) Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin.</em> 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
page(s): 26 [details]
basis of record 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. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
basis of record 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. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 78 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
