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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sociella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca sociella Brookes, 1926
Images: Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Dredged in shell-sand, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 5mm x 2.5mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71290). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71290). 5mm x 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ARCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Arcoidea (Superfamily)
> Arcidae (Family)
> Acar (Genus)
> sociella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Arca (Acar) Gray, 1857
=Barbatia (Acar) Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Arca sociella Brookes, 1926
Details: Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, northern North Island as far south as New Plymouth on the west coast and Mahia Peninsula on the east coast, from 0-710m
Type Data:
  • Russell, Bay of Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.36)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.364)
  • Brookes, A.E. 1926 New species of recent Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 56 (p.590) Original Description

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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