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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)
> quadrata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula quadrata Dell, 1956
Images: Borniola quadrata (Dell, 1956)
Holotype, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009762). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009762). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> quadrata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula quadrata Dell, 1956
Details: Borniola quadrata (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
Off Auckland Islands, Chatham Islands and off west coast South Island
Geographical Range:
FMAnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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