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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, from 91-360m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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

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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