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Taxonomy
Family:
SEMELIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Semelidae (Family)
> Theora (Genus)
> lubrica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Theora (Endopleura) A. Adams, 1864 accepted, alternate representation
=Theora (Theora) H. & A. Adams, 1856 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Theora (Endopleura) lubrica A.A. Gould, 1861 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Theora lubrica A.A. Gould, 1861
Collected 17 Feb 1974, off Onewhero Bay, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (M.035572). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SEMELIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Cardiida (Order)
> Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
> Semelidae (Family)
> Theora (Genus)
> lubrica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Theora (Endopleura) A. Adams, 1864 accepted, alternate representation
=Theora (Theora) H. & A. Adams, 1856 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Theora (Endopleura) lubrica A.A. Gould, 1861 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Theora lubrica A.A. Gould, 1861
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island, far northern South Island and Banks Peninsula. Asia. Adventive in New Zealand and California, from 4-64m
Type Data:
  • Hokkaido, Japan, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Non-indigenous
Description:
Colour whitish, almost transparent

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References and Publications
  • Hayward, B.W., Morley, M.S. Oct/2000 Crab Predation on the small introduced bivalve Theora lubrica, Poirieria, 26 (p.29)
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1995 Extension of range in New Zealand for Theora (Endopleura) lubrica Gould, 1861: Semelidae, Poirieria, 17(4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.419)
  • Climo, F.M. Apr/1976 The Occurrence of Theora (Endopleura) lubrica Gould, 1861 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Semelidae) in New Zealand, Poirieria, 1 (p.11)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1974 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 8, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 11 (p.203)
  • Gould, A. 1861 Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 7 (p.24) 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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