Myadora boltoni
| Myadora boltoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Family: | Myochamidae |
| Genus: | Myadora |
| Species: | M. boltoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Myadora boltoni E. A. Smith, 1881
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Myodora boltoni E. A. Smith, 1881[1] | |
Myadora boltoni is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Myochamidae.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3] It is common on protected sandflats.[4]
Description
[edit]The shell measures about 9×14 mm (0.35×0.55 in) by length and width. One valve is moderately convex whereas the other valve is slightly concave.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Smith, Edgar Albert (1881). "On the genus Myodora of Gray". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 578–587 [585–586] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Myadora boltoni E. A. Smith, 1881". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Myadora boltoni E.A smith, 1880". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Morton, Brian (1977). "Some aspects of the biology and functional morphology of Myadora striata (Quoy and Gaimard) (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Pandoracea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43 (2): 141–154. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065365.
Further reading
[edit]- Powell, Arthur William Baden (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.