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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Limatula (Limatula) maoria Finlay, 1926
=Limatula (Stabilima) maoria Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatula maoria var. janetae R.M. Carter, 1972
Images: Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected Castlecliff (Upper Pleistocene), Wanganui, NZ (MA70396). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Under rocks at extreme low tide, Cissy Bay, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. ~25mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Limatula (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Stabilima Iredale, 1939
=Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatuletta Fleming, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Limatula (Limatula) maoria Finlay, 1926
=Limatula (Stabilima) maoria Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Limatula maoria var. janetae R.M. Carter, 1972
Details: Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
File Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Sculptured with low crisp radial ribs, well developed over the central area but obsolete at the sides, crossed by dense concentric growth lines

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References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.638)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.382)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1978 The bivalve genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the Southwest Pacific, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8 (p.49)

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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