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Taxonomy
Family:
CORBULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Myoidea (Superfamily)
> Corbulidae (Family)
> Corbula (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Corbula (Anisocorbula) Iredale, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Corbula (Anisocorbula) zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Corbula zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Dredged in shallow water, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 12mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CORBULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Myoidea (Superfamily)
> Corbulidae (Family)
> Corbula (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Corbula (Anisocorbula) Iredale, 1930 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Corbula (Anisocorbula) zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Corbula zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Size/Grows to:
Width 14mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
King Bank and Three Kings, North, South and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Low tide in fine sand, down to about 350 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.428)

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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
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