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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)
> neozelanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pholadomya (Parilimya) Melvill & Standen, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Thracia granulosa Hutton, 1873
=Thracia neozelanica Suter, 1914
Images: Parilimya neozelanica (Suter, 1914)
Dredged in 154 metres, Head of Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ
Dredged in 154 metres, Head of Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
PARILIMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Pholadomyoidea (Superfamily)
> Parilimyidae (Family)
> Parilimya (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pholadomya (Parilimya) Melvill & Standen, 1899
Synonymised Names:
=Thracia granulosa Hutton, 1873
=Thracia neozelanica Suter, 1914
Details: Parilimya neozelanica (Suter, 1914)
Size/Grows to:
Width 45mm, Height 25mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island and southern South Island. Dredged in around 70-550 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFR.Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.346)
  • Suter, H. 1914 Revision of the Tertiary Mollusca of New Zealand, based on type material. Part I, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 2 (p.54) Original Description

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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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