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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)
> subrostrata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Images: Myadora subrostrata E.A. Smith, 1880
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Dredged in shallow water, Northland, NZ. 17mm
Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Myadora (Genus)
> subrostrata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myadora (Myadora) Gray, 1840
Details: Myadora subrostrata E.A. Smith, 1880
Size/Grows to:
Width 18mm, Height 14mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From around 25-180 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.433)
  • 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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