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Taxonomy
Family:
HYRIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Palaeoheterodonta (Subclass)
> Unionoida (Order)
> Hyrioidea (Superfamily)
> Hyriidae (Family)
> Echyridella (Genus)
> onekaka (Species)
Images: Echyridella onekaka Fenwick & Marshall, 2006
Onekaka River, South of Collingwood. 50mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected 20 Mar 2005, tributary of Onekaka River, Onekaka, S of Collingwood, NZ (M.183157). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 20 Mar 2005, tributary of Onekaka River, Onekaka, S of Collingwood, NZ (M.183157). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 20 Mar 2005, tributary of Onekaka River, Onekaka, S of Collingwood, NZ (M.183157). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
HYRIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Palaeoheterodonta (Subclass)
> Unionoida (Order)
> Hyrioidea (Superfamily)
> Hyriidae (Family)
> Echyridella (Genus)
> onekaka (Species)
Details: Echyridella onekaka Fenwick & Marshall, 2006
Distribution:
South Island. S of Collingwood
Notes:
Freshwater Mussel, Freshwater, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Fenwick, M.C., Ritchie, P.A. 2014 New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida), Molluscan Research, 34(3) (p.13)
  • Fenwick, M.C., Marshall, B.A. 2006 A new species of Echyridella from New Zealand, and recognition of Echyridella lucasi (Suter, 1905) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Hyriidae), Molluscan Research, 26(2) (p.70)
  • Marshall, B.A., Fenwick, M.C. 2006 Unio zelebori Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866, a form of Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae), Molluscan Research, 26(1) (p.70) 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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