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Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Myadora (Genus)
> boltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Myodora boltoni E.A. Smith, 1881 (misspelling of genus)
Images: Myadora boltoni E.A. Smith, 1880
Dredged in Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Myadora (Genus)
> boltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Myodora boltoni E.A. Smith, 1881 (misspelling of genus)
Details: Myadora boltoni E.A. Smith, 1880
Size/Grows to:
Width 16mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North, South and Stewart Island, in fine silty sand, from 0-200m
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Description:
Almost smooth shell surface

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.432)
  • Smith, E.A. 1880 On the genus Myodora [sic] of Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (p.578) 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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