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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)
> Borniola (Genus)
> decapitata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula decapitata Powell, 1939
Images: Borniola decapitata (Powell, 1939)
Collected 6 May 1994, bay on N side of W end of Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound entrance, Fiordland, NZ (M.141714). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © 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)
> Borniola (Genus)
> decapitata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula decapitata Powell, 1939
Details: Borniola decapitata (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.8mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Fiordland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FMAn
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.391)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.226) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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