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Species List for Family: Thyasiridae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Lucinida (Order) > Thyasiroidea (Superfamily) > Thyasiridae (Family)
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  • Family: Thyasiridae

  • Leptaxinus cookianus (Fleming, 1950)
    Width 1mm, Height 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and south-western North Island, northern and south-western South Island, Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise. From about 15 metres to over 250 metres
    ACFM
  • Maorithyas flemingi Powell, 1955
    Height 10mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands. 16 metres
    An
  • Maorithyas marama Fleming, 1950
    Width 18mm, Height 17mm
    Native - Endemic
    Eastern and south-western South Island and Stewart Island. From approx. 5-400 metres
    CF
  • Maorithyas otagoensis (Suter, 1913)
    Width 4.5mm, Height 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise. From approx. 10 to over 500 metres
    F
  • Parathyasira neozelanica Iredale, 1930
    Width 9mm, Height 9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island and western Chatham Rise. From 25 to over 800 metres
    ACF
  • Prothyasira peregrina (Iredale, 1930)
    Height 10mm, Width 8.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. From 10 to around 650 metres
    ACFMAn
  • Prothyasira waikanae (Fleming, 1950)
    Width 7.5mm, Height 7.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Waikanae Beach, Wellington
    C
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