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Last Updated on 28 June 2010
 
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K= Kermadec Islands
A= Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C= Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F= Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M= Moriorian - Chatham Islands
An= Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW= Freshwater
L= Land
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Musculista senhousia Benson,1842
Class: Bivalvia
Sub Class: Pteriomorpha
Order: Mytiloida
Family: MYTILIDAE: CRENELLINAE
Distribution: Worldwide. Northland, New Zealand. A.
Size: Length up to 31mm
Musculista senhousia - click to view larger imageMusculista senhousia, the Asian Mussel, an introduced bivalve.click to go to large map
Musculista senhousia - click to view larger imageMusculista senhousia, the Asian Mussel, an introduced bivalve.click to go to large map
 
 
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