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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Escalima (Genus)
> regularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima murrayi E.A. Smith, 1891 sensu Powell, 1926 (misapplication)
Images: Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Escalima (Genus)
> regularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima murrayi E.A. Smith, 1891 sensu Powell, 1926 (misapplication)
Details: Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge. Three Kings Islands, northern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise, from 140-1005m
Type Data:
  • E of Lyttelton, NZ, (holotype)
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.382)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1955 Mollusca of the southern islands of New Zealand., Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 15 (p.27) 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