Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)Species Images
Trawled in deep water off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Approx. 30mm
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Taxonomy: Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Anomalodesmata (Superorder) > Pholadomyoidea (Superfamily) > Parilimyidae (Family) > Parilimya (Genus) > maoria (Species)
Family:
PARILIMYIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Pholadomya (Parilimya) Melvill & Standen, 1899
Details: Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)
Size/Grows to:
Width 28mm, Height 19mm
Distribution:
North Island. Off Bay of Plenty in over 600 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.431)
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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