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Taxonomy
Family:
SPHAERIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Sphaeriida (Order)
> Sphaerioidea (Superfamily)
> Sphaeriidae (Family)
> Afropisidium (Genus)
> hodgkini (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pisidium (Afropisidium) Kuiper, 1962
Synonymised Names:
=Corneocyclas hodgkini Suter, 1905
Images: Afropisidium hodgkini (Suter, 1905)
Lectotype, collected Lake Waikaremoana, NZ (M.018471). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SPHAERIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Sphaeriida (Order)
> Sphaerioidea (Superfamily)
> Sphaeriidae (Family)
> Afropisidium (Genus)
> hodgkini (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pisidium (Afropisidium) Kuiper, 1962
Synonymised Names:
=Corneocyclas hodgkini Suter, 1905
Details: Afropisidium hodgkini (Suter, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Lake Waikaremoana, NZ (Freshwater), (lectotype)
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Very thin, semitransparent, with the ligament externally visible
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.422)
  • Suter, H. 1905 Report on the Mollusca collected by Messrs. Keith Lucas and G.L. Hodgkin in six lakes of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.246) 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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