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Taxonomy
Family:
HYRIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Palaeoheterodonta (Subclass)
> Unionoida (Order)
> Hyrioidea (Superfamily)
> Hyriidae (Family)
> Echyridella (Genus)
> menziesii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843)
=Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi rugulosus Simpson, 1914
=Diplodon menziesii (Gray, 1843)
=Diplodon menziesii acuta Suter, 1907
=Hyridella menziesi (Gray, 1843)
=Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
=Unio lutulentis A.A. Gould, 1850
=Unio menziesii Gray, 1843
=Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1844
=Unis depauperata Hutton, 1883
=Unis rugatus Hutton, 1883
Images: Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
Lake Waahi, Huntly, NZ. 82mm. © rights reserved
Lectotype of Diplodon menziesii acuta, collected Lake Omapere, New Zealand. (M.125074). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype of Unio waikarensis, collected 1841, Lake Waikaremoana, NZ (M.000331). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
HYRIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Palaeoheterodonta (Subclass)
> Unionoida (Order)
> Hyrioidea (Superfamily)
> Hyriidae (Family)
> Echyridella (Genus)
> menziesii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843)
=Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi rugulosus Simpson, 1914
=Diplodon menziesii (Gray, 1843)
=Diplodon menziesii acuta Suter, 1907
=Hyridella menziesi (Gray, 1843)
=Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
=Unio lutulentis A.A. Gould, 1850
=Unio menziesii Gray, 1843
=Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1844
=Unis depauperata Hutton, 1883
=Unis rugatus Hutton, 1883
Details: Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Lake Omapere, N of Kaikohe, NZ (Freshwater), (lectotype of Diplodon menziesii acuta Suter, 1907)
  • Lake Pupuke, Takapuna, Auckland, NZ (Freshwater), (lectotype of Unis [sic] depauperata Hutton, 1883, paralectotype of Unis [sic] depauperata Hutton, 1883)
  • Lake Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ (Freshwater), (lectotype of Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845, paralectotype of Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845)
  • Lake Manapouri, Fiordland, NZ (Freshwater), (paralectotype of Diplodon menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905)
Notes:
Freshwater Mussel, Freshwater, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Fenwick, M.C., Ritchie, P.A. 2014 New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida), Molluscan Research, 34(3) (p.190)
  • Crosby, D.D. Jan/1983 Lake Waahi - Cucumerunio websteri websteri (Simpson, 1902), Poirieria, 12(1) (p.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.384)
  • 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.257) 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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