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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)
> Euglesa (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Corneocyclas (Pisidium) aucklandica Suter, 1907
=Corneocyclas aucklandica Suter, 1907
=Cyclocalyx novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
=Pisidium aucklandicum (Suter, 1907)
=Pisidium casertanum of authors not Poli
=Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862
Images: Euglesa novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
Lectotype, collected from pond in Parnell, Auckland, NZ (M.018473). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected from pond in Parnell, Auckland, NZ (M.018473). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected from pond in Parnell, Auckland, NZ (M.018473). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SPHAERIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Sphaeriida (Order)
> Sphaerioidea (Superfamily)
> Sphaeriidae (Family)
> Euglesa (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Corneocyclas (Pisidium) aucklandica Suter, 1907
=Corneocyclas aucklandica Suter, 1907
=Cyclocalyx novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
=Pisidium aucklandicum (Suter, 1907)
=Pisidium casertanum of authors not Poli
=Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862
Details: Euglesa novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5.5mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
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.4)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.422)
  • Prime, T. 1862 Descriptions of three new species of shells belonging to the family of cyclades, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2 (p.3) 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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