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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Arcuatula (Genus)
> senhousia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamya Soot-Ryen, 1958
=Musculista Yamamoto & Habe, 1958
Synonymised Names:
=Brachidontes senhousia (Benson, 1842)
=Modiola aquarius Grabau & S. G. King, 1928
=Modiola bellardiana Tapparone Canefri, 1874
=Modiola senhousia Benson, 1842
=Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)
=Musculus senhousia (Benson, 1842)
Images: Arcuatula senhousia Benson, 1842
Waipu Estuary, Northland, NZ. 18mm. © rights reserved
Waipu Estuary, Northland, NZ. 18mm. © rights reserved
The Asian Mussel, an introduced bivalve. 23mm. © rights reserved
Dead on mud flats, Auckland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Arcuatula (Genus)
> senhousia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamya Soot-Ryen, 1958
=Musculista Yamamoto & Habe, 1958
Synonymised Names:
=Brachidontes senhousia (Benson, 1842)
=Modiola aquarius Grabau & S. G. King, 1928
=Modiola bellardiana Tapparone Canefri, 1874
=Modiola senhousia Benson, 1842
=Musculista senhousia (Benson, 1842)
=Musculus senhousia (Benson, 1842)
Details: Arcuatula senhousia Benson, 1842
Size/Grows to:
Length 36mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
Worldwide. North-eastern North Island, New Zealand. Clustered in dense masses in muddy harbours, from 0-6m
Notes:
Asian Mussel, Marine, Non-indigenous
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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