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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)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Images: Myadora novaezelandiae E.A. Smith, 1880
Dredged, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
Dredged, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 8mm. © 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)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Details: Myadora novaezelandiae E.A. Smith, 1880
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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.584) 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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