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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)
Species Images: Myadora boltoni E.A. Smith, 1880
Dredged in shallow water, Northland. 12mm
Dredged in Bay of Islands, Northland. 12mm
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 15mm, Height 10mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, in fine silty sand
Geographical Range:
ACR.Fo.E.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic, 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

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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