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Taxonomy
Family:
CLEIDOTHAERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Cleidothaeridae (Family)
> Cleidothaerus (Genus)
> albidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chamostrea Gray, 1840
=Chamostrea Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Chama albida Lamarck, 1819
=Chama hemicardium Blainville, 1825
=Cleidothaerus chamoides Stutchbury, 1830
=Cleidothaerus maorianus Finlay, 1926
Images: Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)
Cook Strait area, NZ. 42mm
Cook Strait area, NZ. 42mm
Lives attached to rocks at and below low tide
Taxonomy
Family:
CLEIDOTHAERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Cleidothaeridae (Family)
> Cleidothaerus (Genus)
> albidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chamostrea Gray, 1840
=Chamostrea Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Chama albida Lamarck, 1819
=Chama hemicardium Blainville, 1825
=Cleidothaerus chamoides Stutchbury, 1830
=Cleidothaerus maorianus Finlay, 1926
Details: Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Width 79mm, Height 54mm
Distribution:
North and Chatham Islands. Also South Australia to New South Wales. Attached to rocks at extreme low tide
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.431)
  • Perks, W.E. Sep/1975 Some Comments on Cleidothaerus maorianus, Poirieria, 8(1)
  • Gardner, N.W. Feb/1975 Cleidothaerus maorianus, Poirieria, 7(6)

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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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