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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> puata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Images: Solemya puata Walton, 2015
Paratype, Doubtful Sound entrance, Nee Basin, 180 metres (M.316903). 8.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 11 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.010697). 7.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> puata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Details: Solemya puata Walton, 2015
Size/Grows to:
Length 8.8mm, Width 3.1mm
Distribution:
North Island as far south as Hokianga Harbour and White Island. South Island from Chatham Rise south to Fiordland, and off Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
AFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. 2015 New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia), Molluscan Research, 35(4) (p.257) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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