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Taxonomy
Family:
UNGULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Ungulinoidea (Superfamily)
> Ungulinidae (Family)
> Zemysina (Genus)
> striatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Diplodonta (Zemysina) Finlay, 1926
=Zemysia (Zemysina) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta (Zemysina) striatula (Finlay, 1926)
=Diplodonta striata Hutton, 1878
=Diplodonta striatula (Finlay, 1926)
=Zemysia (Zemysina) striatula Finlay, 1926
=Zemysia striatula Finlay, 1926
Images: Zemysina striatula (Finlay, 1926)
In a sandy rock pool, at low tide, Northland, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
In shallow water to about 70 metres. Often washed up on beaches. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
UNGULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Ungulinoidea (Superfamily)
> Ungulinidae (Family)
> Zemysina (Genus)
> striatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Diplodonta (Zemysina) Finlay, 1926
=Zemysia (Zemysina) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta (Zemysina) striatula (Finlay, 1926)
=Diplodonta striata Hutton, 1878
=Diplodonta striatula (Finlay, 1926)
=Zemysia (Zemysina) striatula Finlay, 1926
=Zemysia striatula Finlay, 1926
Details: Zemysina striatula (Finlay, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Width 19mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-282m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.388)
  • Jun/1974 Diplodonta - Sorting them out, Poirieria, 7(4) (p.86)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.462) 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
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