Biology:Myadora striata
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Myadora striata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Family: | Myochamidae |
| Genus: | Myadora |
| Species: | M. striata
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| Binomial name | |
| Myadora striata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pandora striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 | |
Myadora striata is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Myochamidae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It is common in the tidal zone of protected sandflats where it is found burrowing with its right, convex valve up. The left valve is flat.[3] It is a large species within its genus.[4]
Taxonomy
The species developed from the late Pliocene fossil species Myadora waitotarana through anagenetic evolution.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Myadora striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2024. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397144.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Myadora striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/ac24a722-b3bb-49ff-9338-259585f0e34d.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Smith, Edgar Albert (1881). "On the genus Myodora of Gray". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 578–587 [579–580]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522776#page/713/mode/1up.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q99955157
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
Wikidata ☰ Q3014463 entry
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