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Taxonomy
Family:
POROMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Poromyoidea (Superfamily)
> Poromyidae (Family)
> Poromya (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Images: Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Ectorisma neozelanica Dell, 1956, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009049). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Ectorisma neozelanica Dell, 1956, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009049). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Ectorisma neozelanica Dell, 1956, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009049). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Ectorisma neozelanica Dell, 1956, collected 16 Aug 1955, Taiaroa Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009049). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
POROMYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Poromyoidea (Superfamily)
> Poromyidae (Family)
> Poromya (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Details: Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Width 11mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Ranfurly Bank and off Otago Peninsula, from 94-555m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
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.435)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.43) 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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