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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Ungulinoidea (Superfamily) > Ungulinidae (Family) > Zemysia (Genus)
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  • Genus: Zemysia

  • Zemysia rakiura Powell, 1939
    Width 11mm, Height 9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island as far north as Milford Sound, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands
    FMAn
  • Zemysia zelandica (Gray, 1835)
    Width 27mm, Height 25mm
    Marine
    North Island as far south as New Plymouth, and Chatham Islands. From shallow water to about 50 metres
    ACM
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