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Taxonomy
Family:
SPHAERIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Sphaeriida (Order)
> Sphaerioidea (Superfamily)
> Sphaeriidae (Family)
> Sphaerium (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Musculium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
=Pisidium lenticula Dunker, 1862
=Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
Images: Sphaerium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
From a stream in the Waikato, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SPHAERIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Sphaeriida (Order)
> Sphaerioidea (Superfamily)
> Sphaeriidae (Family)
> Sphaerium (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Musculium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
=Pisidium lenticula Dunker, 1862
=Sphaerium (Sphaerinova) novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
Details: Sphaerium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Length 9mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham and Auckland Islands
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Korniushin, A.V., Glushclenko, N. 1999 Anatomy of the New Zealand species of the family Sphaeriidae (Bivalvia, Eulamellibranchia), Molluscan Research, 20 (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.422)
  • Deshayes, G.P. 1855 Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 22 (p.317) 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