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Species List for Genus: Myllita
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Galeommatida (Order) > Galeommatoidea (Superfamily) > Lasaeidae (Family) > Myllita (Genus)

  • Genus: Myllita

  • Myllita stowei (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 15mm, Height 9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North Island and northern South Island as far south as Kaikoura. Attached to the under sides of stones on sand, from 0-188m
  • Myllita vivens Finlay, 1926
    Width 3.3mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North Island, far northern and eastern South Island, and Chatham Islands. Shallow sublittoral, from 0-9m
  • Myllita vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928)
    Width 4.3mm, Height 4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands, common in beach drift
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