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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)
> Legrandina (Genus)
> harrisonae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Perrierina harrisonae (Powell, 1935)
Images: Legrandina harrisonae Powell, 1935
Collected Jan 1957, off Ringaringa Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (M.019004). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1957, off Ringaringa Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (M.019004). © 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)
> Legrandina (Genus)
> harrisonae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Perrierina harrisonae (Powell, 1935)
Details: Legrandina harrisonae Powell, 1935
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.7mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Far southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 0-183m
Type Data:
  • Mason Bay, 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.403)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1935 Five new species of pelecypod Mollusca from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21 (p.256) 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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