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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)
> Zemysia (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Felaniella (Zemysia) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta rakiura (Powell, 1939)
=Felaniella (Zemysia) rakiura (Powell, 1939)
Images: Zemysia rakiura Powell, 1939
Collected 7 Jan 1977, SW of Hare's Ears, Doubtful Sound entrance, Fiordland, NZ (M.058847). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 9 Nov 1962, off Antipodes Islands, NZ (M.154605). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
UNGULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Ungulinoidea (Superfamily)
> Ungulinidae (Family)
> Zemysia (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Felaniella (Zemysia) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta rakiura (Powell, 1939)
=Felaniella (Zemysia) rakiura (Powell, 1939)
Details: Zemysia rakiura Powell, 1939
Size/Grows to:
Width 11mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Milford Sound, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-360m
Type Data:
  • Ringaringa, Stewart Island, 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.388)
  • Jun/1974 Diplodonta - Sorting them out, Poirieria, 7(4) (p.87)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.224) 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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