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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Images: Lissarca aucklandica E.A. Smith, 1902
Collected Jan 1963, between Ewing & Ocean Islands, Auckland Islands, NZ (M.131247). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1963, between Ewing & Ocean Islands, Auckland Islands, NZ (M.131247). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1963, between Ewing & Ocean Islands, Auckland Islands, NZ (M.131247). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Details: Lissarca aucklandica E.A. Smith, 1902
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Height 3.8mm
Distribution:
Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands
Type Data:
  • 18 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.368)
  • Smith, E.A. 1902 Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the 'Southern Cross', Mollusca, 7 (p.212) 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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