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Species List for Family: Gaimardiidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Gaimardioidea (Superfamily) > Gaimardiidae (Family)

  • Family: Gaimardiidae

  • Gaimardia coccinea Hedley, 1916
    Width 17mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island. Attached to weed in rock pools, from 0m
  • 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, from 0m
  • 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, from 0-55m
  • Gaimardia forsteriana aucklandica Finlay, 1926
    Width 4.5mm, Height 3.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands. Under rocks from low tide, from 0-92m
  • Gaimardia minutissima (Iredale, 1908)
    Width 2mm, Height 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern South Island and Stewart Island. On seaweed at low tide, from 0-42m
  • 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, from 0-35m
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