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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 pinguis (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 pinguis (Marwick, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Myllita vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928)
Collected in shell drift, Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ. 4mm
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 pinguis (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 pinguis (Marwick, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Myllita vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.3mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands, common in beach drift
Geographical Range:
M
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)
  • Marwick, J. 1928 The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinida, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 58 (p.467) Original Description

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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