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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Lima (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima colorata zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
=Lima mestayerae Marwick, 1924
Images: Lima zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
Dredged in Foveaux Strait, NZ. 32mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Lima (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Lima colorata zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
=Lima mestayerae Marwick, 1924
Details: Lima zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
Size/Grows to:
Height 85mm, Width 58mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Cape, south-western North Island, Cook Strait, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 15-710m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Spencer, H.G. 2013 Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes, Molluscan Research, 33(1) (p.42)
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.632)
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.182)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.381)
  • Sowerby III, G.B. 1876 Descriptions of six new species of shells from the collections of the Marchioness Paulucci and Dr. Prevost, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (p.754) 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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