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Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Monia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Monia (Monia) Gray, 1850
=Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010
=Pododesmus (Monia) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia furcata Suter, 1907
=Anomia stowei Hutton, 1873
=Anomia zelandica Gray, 1843
=Monia furcilla Marwick, 1928
=Placunanomia australica Reeve, 1859
=Placunanomia ione Gray, 1850
=Placunanomia zealandica Gray, 1850
=Pododesmus (Monia) zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
=Pododesmus zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
Images: Monia zelandica (Gray, 1843)
On rock below low tide, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 43mm. © rights reserved
On rock below low tide, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 43mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ANOMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Pectinida (Order)
> Anomioidea (Superfamily)
> Anomiidae (Family)
> Monia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Monia (Monia) Gray, 1850
=Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010
=Pododesmus (Monia) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Anomia furcata Suter, 1907
=Anomia stowei Hutton, 1873
=Anomia zelandica Gray, 1843
=Monia furcilla Marwick, 1928
=Placunanomia australica Reeve, 1859
=Placunanomia ione Gray, 1850
=Placunanomia zealandica Gray, 1850
=Pododesmus (Monia) zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
=Pododesmus zelandicus (Gray, 1843)
Details: Monia zelandica (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 77mm, Height 66mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland and Tasmania, from 0-450m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.383)
  • Yonge, C.M. 1977 Form and evolution in the Anomiacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) - Pododesmus, Anomia, Patro, Enigmonia (Anomiidae): Placunanomia, Placuna (Placuniidae fam. nov.), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 276 (p.459)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.260) 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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