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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)
> reniformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortia reniformis Suter, 1908
Images: Borniola reniformis (Suter, 1908)
Under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Northland, NZ. 7mm
Under rocks at low tide, Tutukaka Harbour, Northland, NZ. 7mm
Alive under a rock at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 9-10mm
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)
> reniformis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortia reniformis Suter, 1908
Details: Borniola reniformis (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham and Snares Islands. From low tide to over 180 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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