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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Lasaea (Genus)
> hinemoa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapa Gray, 1842
=Cycladina Cantraine, 1835
=Poronia Récluz, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Lasaea rossiana Finlay, 1928
=Lasaea rossiana tutanekai C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Lasaea rossiana vexata Finlay, 1928
Images: Lasaea hinemoa Finlay, 1928
Holotype, collected on seaweed at low tide, Riverton, Southland, NZ (MA70387). 3.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected on seaweed at low tide, Riverton, Southland, NZ (MA70387). 3.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Lasaea rossiana vexata, collected Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70389). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Lasaea rossiana vexata, collected Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70389). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Lasaea (Genus)
> hinemoa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapa Gray, 1842
=Cycladina Cantraine, 1835
=Poronia Récluz, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Lasaea rossiana Finlay, 1928
=Lasaea rossiana tutanekai C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Lasaea rossiana vexata Finlay, 1928
Details: Lasaea hinemoa Finlay, 1928
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.7mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chathams, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Also from Macquarie Island. Mid tide in algal clumps to over 100 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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