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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CARDITINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Carditinae (Subfamily)
> Cardita (Genus)
> distorta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cardita (Mytilicardia) Herrmannsen, 1847
=Jesonia Gray, 1847
=Mytilicardia Herrmannsen, 1847
=Mytilicardita Anton, 1838
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1926
Images: Cardita distorta Reeve, 1843
Under rocks, below low tide, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Cardita aoteana Finlay, collected Dowling Bay, Otago Harbour, NZ (MA70134). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Cardita aoteana Finlay, collected Dowling Bay, Otago Harbour, NZ (MA70134). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Cardita aoteana Finlay, collected Dowling Bay, Otago Harbour, NZ (MA70134). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Cardita aoteana Finlay, collected Dowling Bay, Otago Harbour, NZ (MA70134). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Under rocks, at extreme low tide, Cissy Bay, Marlborough, NZ. 25-30mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: CARDITINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Carditinae (Subfamily)
> Cardita (Genus)
> distorta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cardita (Mytilicardia) Herrmannsen, 1847
=Jesonia Gray, 1847
=Mytilicardia Herrmannsen, 1847
=Mytilicardita Anton, 1838
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1926
Details: Cardita distorta Reeve, 1843
Size/Grows to:
Length 38mm, Width 26mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0-622m
Type Data:
  • Dowling Bay, Otago Harbour, NZ, (holotype of Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1926)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.652)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.406)

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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