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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)
> Myllita (Genus)
> vivens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myllita (Myllitella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllita (Zemyllita) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella Finlay, 1926
=Zemyllita Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Myllita (Myllitella) vivens (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella vivens Finlay, 1926
=Myllitella vivens vivens Finlay, 1926
Images: Myllita vivens Finlay, 1926
Collected Apr 1997, Whangarei Harbour, between Reserve Point & Snake Bank, NZ (M.309931). © 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)
> Myllita (Genus)
> vivens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myllita (Myllitella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllita (Zemyllita) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella Finlay, 1926
=Zemyllita Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Myllita (Myllitella) vivens (Finlay, 1926) accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella vivens Finlay, 1926
=Myllitella vivens vivens Finlay, 1926
Details: Myllita vivens Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.3mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands to Foveaux Strait. Shallow water to about 95 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.393)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.464) 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