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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
Type Data:
  • Pond at Parnell, Auckland, NZ (Freshwater), (lectotype)
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

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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