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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> exilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Images: Lissarca exilis Suter, 1913
Collected 6 Dec 1984, off Snares Islands, NZ (M.144565). 3.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Dec 1984, off Snares Islands, NZ (M.144565). 3.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 6 Dec 1984, off Snares Islands, NZ (M.144565). 3.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> exilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Details: Lissarca exilis Suter, 1913
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.2mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, Stewart and Snares Islands, from 15-110m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.368)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.855) Original Description

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
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