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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)
> Prothyasira (Genus)
> peregrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prothyasira peroniana peregrina Iredale, 1930
=Thyasira (Thyasira) peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
=Thyasira peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
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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)
> Prothyasira (Genus)
> peregrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prothyasira peroniana peregrina Iredale, 1930
=Thyasira (Thyasira) peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
=Thyasira peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
Details: Prothyasira peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 8.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. From 10 to around 650 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
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.386)
  • Iredale, T. 1930 More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales, Records of the Australian Museum, 17(9) (p.393) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil