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Taxonomy
Family:
DIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Dimyoidea (Superfamily)
> Dimyidae (Family)
> Dimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deuteromya Cossmann, 1903
=Dimyarina Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Dimyarina maoria (Powell, 1937)
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Taxonomy
Family:
DIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Dimyoidea (Superfamily)
> Dimyidae (Family)
> Dimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deuteromya Cossmann, 1903
=Dimyarina Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Dimyarina maoria (Powell, 1937)
Details: Dimya maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and western North and South Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Waller, T.R. 1991 Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae), in S. E. Schumway (ed.) Scallops: Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture., Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 21, Elsevier, Amsterdam (p.847)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.381)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.168) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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