Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928Species Images
From Stewart Island, NZ. 26mm
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Taxonomy: Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928
Classification:
Family: Subfamily:
VENERIDAE: CHIONINAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Plurigens Finlay, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Chamelea marionae (Finlay, 1928)
Details: Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928
Size/Grows to:
Length 33mm, Height 28mm
Distribution:
Off Otago and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FME.
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Marshall, B.A., Spencer, H.G. 2013 Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes, Molluscan Research, 33(1) (p.45)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.424)
Key to 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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