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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PHOLADIDAE: PHOLADINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Pholadidae (Family)
> Pholadinae (Subfamily)
> Barnea (Genus)
> similis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anchomasa Leach, 1852
=Barnea (Anchomasa) Leach, 1852 accepted, alternate representation
=Barnea (Barnea) Risso, 1826 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Barnea (Anchomasa) similis (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Pholas antipodum Philippi, 1847
=Pholas similis Gray, 1835
Images: Barnea similis (Gray, 1835)
Beachlands, Auckland, boring in soft mudstone. 58mm. © rights reserved
Found inside soft mudstone at low tide, Cissy Bay, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 50-60mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PHOLADIDAE: PHOLADINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Myida (Order)
> Pholadoidea (Superfamily)
> Pholadidae (Family)
> Pholadinae (Subfamily)
> Barnea (Genus)
> similis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anchomasa Leach, 1852
=Barnea (Anchomasa) Leach, 1852 accepted, alternate representation
=Barnea (Barnea) Risso, 1826 accepted, alternate representation
Synonymised Names:
=Barnea (Anchomasa) similis (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Pholas antipodum Philippi, 1847
=Pholas similis Gray, 1835
Details: Barnea similis (Gray, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 102mm, Height 35mm
Distribution:
North Island, far northern and eastern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, boring into soft rock, from 0-274m
Notes:
Rock Borer, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Stevenson, A.G. Nov/2004 Collecting Rock Borers in New Zealand, Cookia, 16 (p.27)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.429)

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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