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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limaria (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima marwicki Powell, 1926
=Lima orientalis Adams & Reeve, 1850
=Limaria delicatula (Iredale, 1939)
=Limaria marwicki (Powell, 1926)
=Promantellum delicatule Iredale, 1939
=Promantellum noverca Iredale, 1939
=Promantellum parafragile Iredale, 1939
Images: Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Dredged in dead Scallop shells, Mahurangi, Auckland, NZ. 26mm
Under rocks at low tide, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limaria (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima marwicki Powell, 1926
=Lima orientalis Adams & Reeve, 1850
=Limaria delicatula (Iredale, 1939)
=Limaria marwicki (Powell, 1926)
=Promantellum delicatule Iredale, 1939
=Promantellum noverca Iredale, 1939
=Promantellum parafragile Iredale, 1939
Details: Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern South Island. Also Japan and South Australia. Under stones from low tide
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
File Shell, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Spencer, H.G. 2013 Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes, Molluscan Research, 33(1) (p.43)
  • Walton, K. Nov/2011 Recent additions to the checklist of Marine Mollusca from Wellington Harbour and approaches, Cookia, 23 (p.12)
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.637)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.383)
  • Lamb, D. Jul/1978 Limaria orientalis, Poirieria, 9(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1974 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 8, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11 (p.203)
  • Jul/1972 A newcomer on the local scene - Limaria orientalis, Poirieria, 6(4)

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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