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Data last updated
Wed 04 February 2026

Publication Ponder (1964): summary

Full Citation

Ponder, W.F. 1964. The freshwater Mollusca of New Zealand. Tane 10: 12-35.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958 = Echyridella aucklandica

Cucumerunio websteri websteri (Simpson, 1902) = Echyridella aucklandica

Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesi (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella menziesii

Hyridella (s.s.) aucklandica (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella aucklandica

Pisidium aucklandica Suter, 1907 = Pisidium aucklandicum

Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1853 = Sphaerium novaezelandiae + Euglesa novaezelandiae + Euglesa hodgkini

+ Pisidium novaezelandiae Prime, 1862

+ Pisidium hodgkini Suter, 1905

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