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Taxonomy
Family:
HIATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Adapedonta (Order)
> Hiatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Hiatellidae (Family)
> Hiatella (Genus)
> sp. (Species)
Images: Hiatella sp.
Under rock at 10 metres, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Under rock at 10 metres, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Under rock at 10 metres, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HIATELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Adapedonta (Order)
> Hiatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Hiatellidae (Family)
> Hiatella (Genus)
> sp. (Species)
Details: Hiatella sp.
Size/Grows to:
Length 22mm, Height 14mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King banks, and Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Nov/1998 Hiatellidae: Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) and Panopea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835), Poirieria, 23 (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.428)

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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