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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Mytilinae (Subfamily)
> Mytilus (Genus)
> planulatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Crassimytilus Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
=Eumytilus Ihering, 1900
=Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984
Synonymised Names:
=Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus aoteanus Powell, 1958
=Mytilus corneus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 sensu Angas, 1867
=Mytilus edulis aoteanus Powell, 1958
=Mytilus lacunatus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus obscurus Dunker, 1857
=Mytilus paetelianus Clessin, 1887
=Mytilus ungularis Lamarck, 1819
Images: Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 68mm
Among seaweed, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Mytilinae (Subfamily)
> Mytilus (Genus)
> planulatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Crassimytilus Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
=Eumytilus Ihering, 1900
=Pacifimytilus Kafanov, 1984
Synonymised Names:
=Mytilus angustanus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus aoteanus Powell, 1958
=Mytilus corneus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus dunkeri Reeve, 1857 sensu Angas, 1867
=Mytilus edulis aoteanus Powell, 1958
=Mytilus lacunatus Lamarck, 1819
=Mytilus obscurus Dunker, 1857
=Mytilus paetelianus Clessin, 1887
=Mytilus ungularis Lamarck, 1819
Details: Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819
Size/Grows to:
Length 150mm, Width 63mm
Distribution:
Kermadec, North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands
Geographical Range:
KACFMAn
Notes:
Blue Mussel, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
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 approximation 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, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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