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Species List for Genus: Cyclomactra
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) > Mactrinae (Subfamily) > Cyclomactra (Genus)

  • Genus: Cyclomactra

  • Cyclomactra ovata (Gray, 1843)
    Width 80mm, Height 62mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and south-western North Island; northern, eastern and southern South Island, and Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Buried deeply in soft mud, from 0-20m
  • Cyclomactra tristis (Reeve, 1854)
    Width 60mm, Height 55mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Buried in mud at low tide
    North Island as far north as Auckland, northern South Island as far south as Christchurch, and Chatham Islands. Intertidal, from 0m
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