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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Lasaea (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapa Gray, 1842
=Cycladina Cantraine, 1835
=Poronia Récluz, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia maoria Powell, 1933
Images: Lasaea maoria (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected Rangitoto Island, Auckland, NZ (MA70375). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Rangitoto Island, Auckland, NZ (MA70375). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Rangitoto Island, Auckland, NZ (MA70375). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Rangitoto Island, Auckland, NZ (MA70375). 2.4mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Lasaea (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapa Gray, 1842
=Cycladina Cantraine, 1835
=Poronia Récluz, 1843
Synonymised Names:
=Kellia maoria Powell, 1933
Details: Lasaea maoria (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.4mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands. Under stones in mud at high tide
Geographical Range:
ACF
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.389)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 The High-Tidal Mollusca of Rangitoto Island, Auckland; with descriptions of a new Genus and two new Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 63 (p.151) 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
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