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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) marshalli K. Walton, 2015 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Solemya marshalli K. Walton, 2015
Holotype, collected 08 Nov 1978, Proclamation Island, NZ (M.119730). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
SOLEMYIDAE: SOLEMYINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Protobranchia (Subclass)
> Solemyida (Order)
> Solemyoidea (Superfamily)
> Solemyidae (Family)
> Solemyinae (Subfamily)
> Solemya (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Solemyarina (Zesolemya) Iredale, 1939
=Zesolemya Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Solemya (Zesolemya) marshalli K. Walton, 2015 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Solemya marshalli K. Walton, 2015
Size/Grows to:
Length 21mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, and Snares, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-195m
Type Data:
  • 6 metres, off Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 39 metres, off Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.2)
  • Walton, K. 2015 New Zealand living Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia), Molluscan Research, 35(4) (p.251) 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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