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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)
> taxodonta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Perrierina taxodonta F. Bernard, 1897
Collected Apr 1967, off Green Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.148817). 3.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Apr 1967, off Green Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ (M.148817). 3.5mm. © 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)
> Perrierina (Genus)
> taxodonta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Perrierina (Perrierina) F. Bernard, 1897 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Perrierina taxodonta F. Bernard, 1897
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Doubtful Sound, and Stewart Island, from 0-420m
Type Data:
  • 64 metres, off Stewart Island, 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.402)

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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