Species List for Family: Pholadidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Myida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family)
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- Pholadidea acherontea Beu & Climo, 1974
Length 26mm, Height 17mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, North and South Island, and Chatham Rise. Dredged around 50-800 metres
ACF
- Pholadidea suteri Lamy, 1926
Length 52mm, Height 20mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
North Island, and far northern and eastern South Island. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, boring into soft rock
ACFR.Fo.
- Pholadidea tridens (Gray, 1843)
Length 30mm, Height 14mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, northern and far southern South Island, and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral
ACM
- Barnea similis (Gray, 1835)
Length 102mm, Height 35mm
Rock Borer, Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, far northern and eastern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, boring into soft rock
ACFM
Key to 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
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