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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> parkinsonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) parkinsonii E.A. Smith, 1874 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Solemya parkinsonii E.A. Smith, 1874
Found buried in mud, often around Zostera (sea-grass) flats. 42mm. © rights reserved
Collected 21 Sep 1990, off Wairau, Cloudy Bay, NZ (M.111806). 45mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 21 Sep 1990, off Wairau, Cloudy Bay, NZ (M.111806). 45mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> parkinsonii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) parkinsonii E.A. Smith, 1874 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Solemya parkinsonii E.A. Smith, 1874
Size/Grows to:
Length 84mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart. From low tide in soft mud or silt, from 0-376m
Notes:
Razor Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.363)
  • Wolf, E.Y. Dec/1977 Notes of Interest: Re Solemya parkinsoni (E.A. Smith), Poirieria, 9(3) (p.52)
  • Sep/1977 Solemya parkinsoni E.A. Smith, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.26)

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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