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Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Anomia (Genus)
> trigonopsis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fenestella Röding, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia descripta Iredale, 1936
=Anomia metallica Reeve, 1859
=Anomia poculifera P. Marshall, 1918
=Anomia walteri Hector, 1895
Images: Anomia trigonopsis Hutton, 1877
Whangarei Harbour, on sandy mud flats. 75mm. © rights reserved
Whangarei Harbour, on sandy mud flats. 75mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 36mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Anomia (Genus)
> trigonopsis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fenestella Röding, 1798
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia descripta Iredale, 1936
=Anomia metallica Reeve, 1859
=Anomia poculifera P. Marshall, 1918
=Anomia walteri Hector, 1895
Details: Anomia trigonopsis Hutton, 1877
Size/Grows to:
Width 65mm, Height 50mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island as far south as New Plymouth, from 0-165m
Type Data:
  • Bay of Islands - no exact data, NZ, (lectotype of Anomia walteri Hector, 1895)
  • White Rock River, W of Timaru (Lower Miocene), NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Walters Jingle, Golden Oyster, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Penniket, J.R. Jan/1983 Anomia washup at Algies Bay, Poirieria, 12(1) (p.3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.383)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1877 Descriptions of some new Tertiary Mollusca from Canterbury, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 9 (p.598) 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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