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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)
Species Images: Parilimya maoria (Dell, 1963)
Trawled in deep water off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. ~30mm
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:
North Island. Off Bay of Plenty in over 600 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, 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

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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