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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: ZEIDORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Zeidorinae (Subfamily)
> Zeidora (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Crepiemarginula Seguenza, 1880
=Emarginula (Nesta) H. Adams, 1870
=Nesta H. Adams, 1870
=Zidora P. Fischer, 1885
Images: Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937
Paratype, 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: ZEIDORINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Zeidorinae (Subfamily)
> Zeidora (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Crepiemarginula Seguenza, 1880
=Emarginula (Nesta) H. Adams, 1870
=Nesta H. Adams, 1870
=Zidora P. Fischer, 1885
Details: Zeidora maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Length 3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Aldea, C., Zelaya, D.G., Troncoso, J.S. 2011 A new gigantic species of Zeidora Adams, 1860 from Antarctic waters (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae), The Nautilus, 125(2) (p.81)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.39)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.177) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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