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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
Geographical Range:
F
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

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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