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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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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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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