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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)
> Hunkydora (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Images: Hunkydora rakiura B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 12 Jan 1952, channel between Ulva Island & Bradshaw Peninsula, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.152724). 5.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 12 Jan 1952, channel between Ulva Island & Bradshaw Peninsula, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.152724). 5.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 12 Jan 1952, channel between Ulva Island & Bradshaw Peninsula, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.152724). 5.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MYOCHAMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Myochamidae (Family)
> Hunkydora (Genus)
> rakiura (Species)
Details: Hunkydora rakiura B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.2mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 33-360m
Type Data:
  • 360 metres, Saunders Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • Off Ruapuke Island, Foveaux Strait, NZ, (paratype)
  • 33 metres, Channel between Ulva Island & Bradshaw Peninsula, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of Thracia reinga Crozier, 1966 and Scintillona benthicola Dell, 1956 to Tellimya Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca : Bivalvia), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.253) 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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