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Taxonomy
Family:
CYAMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cyamioidea (Superfamily)
> Cyamiidae (Family)
> Kidderia (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Costokidderia Finlay, 1926
=Cyamium (Cyamionema) Melvill & Standen, 1914
=Kidderia (Costokidderia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Kidderia (Cyamionema) Melvill & Standen, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Kidderia (Kidderia) Dall, 1876 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Kidderia marshalli Fleming, 1948
Collected Jan 1957, W of Rugged Island, Stewart Island, NZ (M.063722). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1957, W of Rugged Island, Stewart Island, NZ (M.063722). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1957, W of Rugged Island, Stewart Island, NZ (M.063722). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYAMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cyamioidea (Superfamily)
> Cyamiidae (Family)
> Kidderia (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Costokidderia Finlay, 1926
=Cyamium (Cyamionema) Melvill & Standen, 1914
=Kidderia (Costokidderia) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Kidderia (Cyamionema) Melvill & Standen, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Kidderia (Kidderia) Dall, 1876 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Kidderia marshalli Fleming, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Length 4.5mm, Height 2.7mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island (Fiordland), Stewart Island and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
FAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Spencer, H.G. 2013 Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes, Molluscan Research, 33(1) (p.43)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.400)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.78) 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
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