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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)
> Perrierina (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Perrierina mestayerae Powell, 1933
Holotype, collected off Snares Islands, NZ (M.001859). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected off Snares Islands, NZ (M.001859). 2mm. © 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)
> Perrierina (Genus)
> mestayerae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Perrierina mestayerae Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Width 2mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Snares Islands and off Otago Peninsula
Geographical Range:
FAn
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.401)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New species of marine Mollusca from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.232) 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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