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Taxonomy
Family:
HIATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Adapedonta (Order)
> Hiatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Hiatellidae (Family)
> Panopea (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Panope Ménard de la Groye, 1807
Synonymised Names:
=Panopaea zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Panopea solandri Gray, 1843
Images: Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Off Golden Bay, Nelson, NZ. 110mm
Off Golden Bay, Nelson, NZ. 110mm
Off Golden Bay, Nelson, NZ. 115mm
Off Golden Bay, Nelson, NZ. 115mm
Taxonomy
Family:
HIATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Adapedonta (Order)
> Hiatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Hiatellidae (Family)
> Panopea (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Panope Ménard de la Groye, 1807
Synonymised Names:
=Panopaea zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Panopea solandri Gray, 1843
Details: Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Width 150mm, Height 82mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, northern South Island and Stewart Island
Notes:
Geoduck, Gooey Duck, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hayward, B.W., Hayward, G.C., Morley, M.S. Sep/2009 Geoduck riddle at Ohope, Poirieria, 34 (p.16)
  • Morley, M.S. Nov/1998 Hiatellidae: Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) and Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835), Poirieria, 23 (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.428)

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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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