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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)
> Parathyasira (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Thyasira (Parathyasira) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Parathyasira resupina neozelanica Iredale, 1930 (original combination)
Images: Parathyasira neozelanica Iredale, 1930
Collected 21 Jan 1979, W of Plate Island (Motunau), Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.067650). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 21 Jan 1979, W of Plate Island (Motunau), Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.067650). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 21 Jan 1979, W of Plate Island (Motunau), Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.067650). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
THYASIRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Lucinida (Order)
> Thyasiroidea (Superfamily)
> Thyasiridae (Family)
> Parathyasira (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Thyasira (Parathyasira) Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Parathyasira resupina neozelanica Iredale, 1930 (original combination)
Details: Parathyasira neozelanica Iredale, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Width 9mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island and western Chatham Rise, from 13-803m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.387)
  • Iredale, T. 1930 More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales, Records of the Australian Museum, 17(9) (p.393) 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