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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)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Felaniella (Zemysia) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta zelandica (Gray, 1835)
=Felaniella zelandica (Gray, 1835)
=Lucina inculta Gould, 1850
=Lucina zelandica Gray, 1835
Images: Zemysia zelandica (Gray, 1835)
Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 23mm
Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 23mm
Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 23mm
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)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Felaniella (Zemysia) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodonta zelandica (Gray, 1835)
=Felaniella zelandica (Gray, 1835)
=Lucina inculta Gould, 1850
=Lucina zelandica Gray, 1835
Details: Zemysia zelandica (Gray, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Width 27mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
North Island as far south as New Plymouth, and Chatham Islands. From shallow water to about 50 metres
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine
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.85)
  • Gray, J.E. 1835 Catalogue of shells collected on the east coast of New Zealand, by the Rev. W. Yate, An account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society's mission in the northern island 2nd Ed, Seeley & Burnside, London (p.309) Original Description

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
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