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Species List for Family: Sphaeriidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Sphaeriida (Order) > Sphaerioidea (Superfamily) > Sphaeriidae (Family)

  • Family: Sphaeriidae

  • Afropisidium hodgkini (Suter, 1905)
    Width 4.5mm, Height 4mm
    Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Very thin, semitransparent, with the ligament externally visible
    North and South Island
  • Euglesa novaezelandiae (Prime, 1862)
    Length 5.5mm, Height 4mm
    Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Similar shape but of smaller adult size than Sphaerium novaezelandiae, more inflated, with a deeper hinge-plate, stronger teeth, and the ligament is not visible externally
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • Sphaerium novaezelandiae (Deshayes, 1854)
    Length 9mm, Height 7mm
    Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Ligament is visible externally
    North, South, Chatham and Auckland Islands
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