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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily: MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Chloromya Mörch, 1853 Synonymised Names: =Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843 =Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791 =Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817 =Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785 =Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, 1876 |
Images: Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Green-Lipped Mussel, Houhora Harbour, Northland, NZ. 114mm
The common Green-Lipped mussel, on a rock at low tide, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily: MYTILIDAE: MYTILINAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Chloromya Mörch, 1853 Synonymised Names: =Mytilus canaliculatus Gray, 1843 =Mytilus canaliculus Gmelin, 1791 =Mytilus latus Dillwyn, 1817 =Mytilus latus Chemnitz, 1785 =Mytilus tasmanicus Tenison-Woods, 1876 |
Details: Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Length commonly up to 160mm, with records over 240mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Species Links
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.372)
Key to 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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