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Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Myadora (Genus)
> striata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Pandora striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Images: Myadora striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
From low tide, south New Brighton, Christchurch, NZ. 35mm
From low tide, south New Brighton, Christchurch, NZ. 35mm
From low tide, south New Brighton, Christchurch, NZ. 35mm
From low tide, south New Brighton, Christchurch, NZ. 35mm
Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Myadora (Genus)
> striata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Pandora striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Details: Myadora striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Width 47mm, Height 38mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. At low tide and shallow water
Geographical Range:
ACFR.Fo.E.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, 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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