Myadora striata

Myadora striata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Family:	Myochamidae
Genus:	Myadora
Species:	M. striata
Binomial name
Myadora striata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
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]

References

1. 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 striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
2. "Myadora striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
3. 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.
4. Smith, Edgar Albert (1881). "On the genus Myodora of Gray". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 578–587 [579–580] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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