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Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Borniola (Genus)
> decapitata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula decapitata Powell, 1939
Images: Borniola decapitata (Powell, 1939)
Collected 6 May 1994, bay on N side of W end of Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound entrance, Fiordland, NZ (M.141714). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, collected pre 1939, Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70682). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Borniola (Genus)
> decapitata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Byssobornia Iredale, 1936
=Rochefortula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Rochefortula decapitata Powell, 1939
Details: Borniola decapitata (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.8mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-117m
Type Data:
  • Rosa Island, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype of Rochefortula decapitata Powell, 1939)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.391)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.226) 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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