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Taxonomy
Family:
PARILIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Pholadomyoidea (Superfamily)
> Parilimyidae (Family)
> Parilimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pholadomya (Parilimya) Melvill & Standen, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Pholadomya maoria Dell, 1963 (original combination)
Images: Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)
Trawled in deep water off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. ~30mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in deep water off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. ~30mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 26 Sep 1962, E of Red Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.016253). 28mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PARILIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Pholadomyoidea (Superfamily)
> Parilimyidae (Family)
> Parilimya (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pholadomya (Parilimya) Melvill & Standen, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Pholadomya maoria Dell, 1963 (original combination)
Details: Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)
Size/Grows to:
Width 30mm, Height 20mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, Challenger Plateau and western Chatham Rise, from 273-622m
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.431)
  • Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(6) (p.206) Original Description

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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