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

  • Lutraria bruuni Powell, 1967
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Kermadec Islands, from 15-83m
  • Crassula aequilatera (Deshayes, 1854)
    Width 75mm, Height 55mm
    Diamond Surf Clam, Triangle Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island. In shallow water off sandy beaches, from 0-5m
  • 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
  • Mactra ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1898
    Width 19mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and South Island as far south as Dunedin. In mud in shallow water, from 0-311m
  • Oxyperas bellianum (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-84m
  • Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 111mm, Width 65mm
    Long Trough Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank and Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern and eastern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-293m
  • Scalpomactra scalpellum (Reeve, 1854)
    Length 34mm, Height 20mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-550m
  • Spisula discors Gray, 1873
    Width 90mm, Height 80mm, Thickness 45mm
    Large Trough Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and southern North Island, northern and southern South Island, from 0-7m
  • Spisula murchisoni Deshayes, 1854
    Width 98mm, Height 80mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and northern and southern South Island. On exposed sandy beaches, from 0-8m
  • Resania lanceolata Gray, 1852
    Length 120mm, Height 57mm
    Lance Mactra, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Islands, as far south as Warrington. Off sandy ocean beaches in shallow water, from 0-6m
  • Zenatia acinaces (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 117mm, Height 54mm
    Scimitar Mactra, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands. Off sandy beaches, from 0-182m
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