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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: SEPTIFERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Septiferinae (Subfamily)
> Septifer (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brachydontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, 1921
=Septifer australis Laseron, 1956
=Septifer cf. bilocularis of authors
=Septifer bryanae (Pilsbry, 1921)
=Septifer forskali Dunker, 1855
=Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855
=Septifer furcillata Gould, 1861
Images: Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849
Dredged, off Northland, NZ. 11mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: SEPTIFERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Septiferinae (Subfamily)
> Septifer (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brachydontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, 1921
=Septifer australis Laseron, 1956
=Septifer cf. bilocularis of authors
=Septifer bryanae (Pilsbry, 1921)
=Septifer forskali Dunker, 1855
=Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855
=Septifer furcillata Gould, 1861
Details: Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands and North Island. Northland east coast
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.211)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.372)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1954 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 2, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(4) (p.235)

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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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