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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Gaimardioidea (Superfamily) > Gaimardiidae (Family) > Gaimardia (Genus)
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  • Genus: Gaimardia

  • Gaimardia coccinea Hedley, 1916
    Width 17mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island. Attached to weed in rock pools
    An
  • Gaimardia finlayi (Powell, 1933)
    Width 3mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern North Island as far south as Raglan and Mahia. Low tide & shallow sublittoral
    AC
  • Gaimardia forsteriana Finlay, 1927
    Width 4mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island, and Stewart, Campbell and Chatham Islands. Low tide & shallow sublittoral
    FMAn
  • Gaimardia forsteriana aucklandica Finlay, 1926
    Width 4.5mm, Height 3.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Under rocks at low tide down to about 90 metres
    FAn
  • Gaimardia minutissima (Iredale, 1908)
    Width 2mm, Height 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern South Island and Stewart Island. On seaweed at low tide
    CF
  • Gaimardia trapesina Lamarck, 1819
    Width 32mm, Height 22mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern South America, South Georgia, and Falkland, Alexander, Marion, Kerguelen, Crozet and Auckland Islands. In beach drift
    An
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