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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. © rights reserved
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. From low tide in fine sand, from 0-350m
Type Data:
  • Thames Estuary, Coromandel, NZ, (holotype)
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)

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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