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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
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
Geographical Range:
Fw.N.S.
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

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