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Myadora Boltoni
''Myadora boltoni'' is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family (biology), family Myochamidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is common on protected sandflats. Description The shell measures about by length and width. One valve is moderately convex whereas the other valve is slightly concave. References Further reading

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3016233 Myochamidae Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean Endemic molluscs of New Zealand Bivalves of New Zealand Molluscs described in 1881 Taxa named by Edgar Albert Smith ...
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Edgar Albert Smith
Edgar Albert Smith (29 November 1847 – 22 July 1916) was a British zoologist, a malacologist. His father was Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and assistant keeper of zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury. Edgar Albert Smith was educated both at the North London Collegiate School and privately, being well grounded in Latin amongst other subjects, as his excellent diagnoses bear witness. Smith married in July 1876. Subsequently, his wife and he had four sons and two daughters. He gave more prominent attention to the fauna of the African Great Lakes and the marine molluscs of South Africa, and also the nonmarine mollusk fauna of Borneo and New Guinea. In the British Museum Smith was employed at the British Museum (now Natural History Museum) as an assistant keeper of the zoological department for more than 40 years, from 1867 to 1913. Edgar Smith's first work was in connection with the celebrated collection of shells made by Hugh Cuming and acquired by the ...
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