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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)
> Myadoropsis (Genus)
> wairua (Species)
Images: Myadoropsis wairua B.A. Marshall, 2002
Holotype, collected 18 Feb 1974, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152686). 5.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 18 Feb 1974, Three Kings Trough, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.152686). 5.1mm. © 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)
> Myadoropsis (Genus)
> wairua (Species)
Details: Myadoropsis wairua B.A. Marshall, 2002
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.1mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 48-622m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, NE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 620 metres, Three Kings Trough, N of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 200 metres, ENE Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 48 metres, off Spirits Bay, NZ, (paratype)
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.246) 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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