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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
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. Low tide to over 180 metres in soft mud or silt
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Razor Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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)

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
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