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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Notocallista (Genus)
> multistriata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Callista (Notocallista) Iredale, 1924
=Callista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Notocallista) Iredale, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Callista (Striacallista) multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)
=Callista multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)
=Cytheraea multistriata G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
=Cytherea (Callista) multistriata G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
=Notocallista (Striacallista) multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Striacallista) multistriata ovalina Marwick, 1938
Images: Notocallista multistriata (Sowerby, 1851)
Dredged, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 25mm
Dredged, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Notocallista (Genus)
> multistriata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Callista (Notocallista) Iredale, 1924
=Callista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Notocallista) Iredale, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Callista (Striacallista) multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)
=Callista multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851)
=Cytheraea multistriata G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
=Cytherea (Callista) multistriata G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
=Notocallista (Striacallista) multistriata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted, alternate representation
=Notocallista (Striacallista) multistriata ovalina Marwick, 1938
Details: Notocallista multistriata (Sowerby, 1851)
Size/Grows to:
Width 30mm, Height 22mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Dredged around 10-180 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.425)

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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