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Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Monia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Monia (Monia) Gray, 1850
=Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010
=Pododesmus (Monia) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia furcata Suter, 1907
=Anomia stowei Hutton, 1873
=Anomia zelandica Gray, 1843
=Monia furcilla Marwick, 1928
=Placunanomia australica Reeve, 1859
=Placunanomia ione Gray, 1850
=Placunanomia zealandica Gray, 1850
=Pododesmus (Monia) zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
=Pododesmus zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
Images: Monia zelandica (Gray, 1843)
On rock below low tide, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 43mm
On rock below low tide, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 43mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Monia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Monia (Monia) Gray, 1850
=Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010
=Pododesmus (Monia) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia furcata Suter, 1907
=Anomia stowei Hutton, 1873
=Anomia zelandica Gray, 1843
=Monia furcilla Marwick, 1928
=Placunanomia australica Reeve, 1859
=Placunanomia ione Gray, 1850
=Placunanomia zealandica Gray, 1850
=Pododesmus (Monia) zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
=Pododesmus zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
Details: Monia zelandica (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 77mm, Height 66mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart Islands. Chathams, Snares, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland and Tasmania
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.383)
  • Yonge, C.M. 1977 Form and evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) - Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placuniidae fam. nov.), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 276 (p.459)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.260) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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