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Taxonomy
Family:
CLEIDOTHAERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Cleidothaeridae (Family)
> Cleidothaerus (Genus)
> albidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chamostrea Gray, 1840
=Chamostrea Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Chama albida Lamarck, 1819
=Chama hemicardium Blainville, 1825
=Cleidothaerus chamoides Stutchbury, 1830
=Cleidothaerus maorianus Finlay, 1926
Images: Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)
Cook Strait area, NZ. 42mm. © rights reserved
Cook Strait area, NZ. 42mm. © rights reserved
Lives attached to rocks at and below low tide. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
CLEIDOTHAERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
> Myochamoidea (Superfamily)
> Cleidothaeridae (Family)
> Cleidothaerus (Genus)
> albidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chamostrea Gray, 1840
=Chamostrea Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonymised Names:
=Chama albida Lamarck, 1819
=Chama hemicardium Blainville, 1825
=Cleidothaerus chamoides Stutchbury, 1830
=Cleidothaerus maorianus Finlay, 1926
Details: Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Width 79mm, Height 54mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern South Island and Chatham Islands. Also South Australia to New South Wales. Attached to rocks at extreme low tide, from 0-50m
Type Data:
  • Tasmania region, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.431)
  • Perks, W.E. Sep/1975 Some Comments on Cleidothaerus maorianus, Poirieria, 8(1)
  • Gardner, N.W. Feb/1975 Cleidothaerus maorianus, Poirieria, 7(6)

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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