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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sandersonae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Barbatia sandersonae (Powell, 1933)
Images: Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
Collected in 20 metres, off Tutukaka, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 21mm
Holotype, dredged pre 1932, west of Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA70003). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, dredged pre 1932, west of Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA70003). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, dredged pre 1932, west of Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, Northland, NZ (MA70003). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sandersonae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Barbatia sandersonae (Powell, 1933)
Details: Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Length 30mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones from low tide to over 200 metres
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.365)
  • Marston, O.J. Aug/1971 Acar sandersonae at Mahia Peninsula, Poirieria, 6(1)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New pelecypod Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.200) Original Description

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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