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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)
> Mysella (Genus)
> unidentata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calvitium Laseron, 1953
=Rochefortia Vélain, 1877
=Virmysella Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta unidentata Odhner, 1924
Images: Mysella unidentata (Odhner, 1924)
Collected 6 Dec 1984, off 'The Breaks', Snares Islands, NZ (M.144588). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 24 Feb 1972, Easy Harbour, Stewart Island, NZ (M.027084). 3.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Dec 1984, off 'The Breaks', Snares Islands, NZ (M.144588). 2mm. © 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)
> Mysella (Genus)
> unidentata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Calvitium Laseron, 1953
=Rochefortia Vélain, 1877
=Virmysella Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Montacuta unidentata Odhner, 1924
Details: Mysella unidentata (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.3mm, Height 2.6mm
Distribution:
South-western North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-476m
Type Data:
  • 9-13 metres, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, 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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