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Taxonomy
Family:
THYASIRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Thyasiroidea (Superfamily)
> Thyasiridae (Family)
> Maorithyas (Genus)
> marama (Species)
Images: Maorithyas marama Fleming, 1950
Dredged in 60 metres, between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5mm
Dredged in 60 metres, between Taiaroa Head and Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5mm
Collected Nov 1934, 24 metres George Sound, Fiordland, NZ (MA11342). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
THYASIRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Thyasiroidea (Superfamily)
> Thyasiridae (Family)
> Maorithyas (Genus)
> marama (Species)
Details: Maorithyas marama Fleming, 1950
Size/Grows to:
Width 18mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western South Island and Stewart Island. From approx. 5-400 metres
Notes:
Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.387)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1950 New Zealand Recent Thyasiridae (Mollusca), Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 78(2) (p.253) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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