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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> pisum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Images: Lissarca pisum Suter, 1913
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Taxonomy
Family:
PHILOBRYIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Arcida (Order)
> Limopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Philobryidae (Family)
> Lissarca (Genus)
> pisum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosarepta Hedley, 1899
=Lissarcula Thiele, 1923
=Notolimopsis Maxwell, 1969
Details: Lissarca pisum Suter, 1913
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.5mm, Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
Bounty Islands, from 91m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 37 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (paralectotype of Lissarca pisum Suter, 1913)
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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