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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 approxomation 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
An= Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW= Freshwater
L= Land
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Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck,1819)
Class: Bivalvia
Sub Class: Anomalodesmata
Order: Pholadomyoida
Family: CLEIDOTHAERIDAE
Distribution: South Australia to New South Wales. North and Chatham Islands, NZ. A.C.M.
Size: Height 47mm, Width 68mm
Cleidothaerus albidus - click to view larger imageCleidothaerus albidus, lives attached to rocks at and below low tide.
 
 
 
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