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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)
> Myllita (Genus)
> vivens pinguis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myllita (Myllitella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllita (Zemyllita) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella Finlay, 1926
=Zemyllita Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Myllita (Myllitella) vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Myllita vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928)
Collected in shell drift, Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ. 4mm. Bert van Tiggele
Taxonomy
Family:
LASAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Galeommatida (Order)
> Galeommatoidea (Superfamily)
> Lasaeidae (Family)
> Myllita (Genus)
> vivens pinguis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Myllita (Myllitella) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllita (Zemyllita) Finlay, 1926 accepted, alternate representation
=Myllitella Finlay, 1926
=Zemyllita Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Myllita (Myllitella) vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Myllita vivens pinguis (Marwick, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.3mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands, common in beach drift
Type Data:
  • Titirangi, (Nukumaruan lower Pleistocene), Chatham Islands, NZ (Fossil), (holotype, paratype)
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.393)
  • Marwick, J. 1928 The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinida, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 58 (p.467) 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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