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Species List for Genus: Glycymeris
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Arcida (Order) > Arcoidea (Superfamily) > Glycymeridae (Family) > Glycymerinae (Subfamily) > Glycymeris (Genus)
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  • Genus: Glycymeris

  • Glycymeris modesta (Angas, 1879)
    Width 26mm, Height 24mm
    Small Dog Cockle, Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank and Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. Living in shallow water to about 50 metres
    ACFM
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