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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)
> taieriensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula taieriensis Powell, 1939
Images: Borniola taieriensis (Powell, 1939)
Collected 27 May 1995, Waipapa Point, SE of Invercargill, NZ (M.185802). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70683). 2.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70683). 2.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70683). 2.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70683). 2.5mm. © 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)
> taieriensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula taieriensis Powell, 1939
Details: Borniola taieriensis (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, and Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-55m
Type Data:
  • Taieri Beach, SW of Dunedin, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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