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Taxonomy
Family:
DIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Dimyoidea (Superfamily)
> Dimyidae (Family)
> Dimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deuteromya Cossmann, 1903
=Dimyarina Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Dimyarina maoria (Powell, 1937)
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Taxonomy
Family:
DIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Dimyoidea (Superfamily)
> Dimyidae (Family)
> Dimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deuteromya Cossmann, 1903
=Dimyarina Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Dimyarina maoria (Powell, 1937)
Details: Dimya maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and western North and South Islands
Type Data:
  • 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Waller, T.R. 1991 Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae), in S. E. Schumway (ed.) Scallops: Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture., Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 21, Elsevier, Amsterdam (p.847)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.381)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.168) 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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