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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTROCHAENIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Gastrochaenida (Order)
> Gastrochaenoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrochaenidae (Family)
> Spengleria (Genus)
> mytiloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chaena Philipsson, 1788
Synonymised Names:
=Gastrochaena mytiloides Lamarck, 1818
=Gastrochaena plicatilis Deshayes, 1855
=Gastrochaena retzii Deshayes, 1863
=Spengleria plicatilis (Deshayes, 1855)
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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTROCHAENIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Gastrochaenida (Order)
> Gastrochaenoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrochaenidae (Family)
> Spengleria (Genus)
> mytiloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chaena Philipsson, 1788
Synonymised Names:
=Gastrochaena mytiloides Lamarck, 1818
=Gastrochaena plicatilis Deshayes, 1855
=Gastrochaena retzii Deshayes, 1863
=Spengleria plicatilis (Deshayes, 1855)
Details: Spengleria mytiloides (Lamarck, 1818)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.556)

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