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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Gregariella (Genus)
> barbata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Botulina Dall, 1889
=Musculus (Gregariella) Monterosato, 1884
=Musculus (Propetilus) Iredale, 1937
=Propetilus Iredale, 1937
=Tibialectus Iredale, 1939
=Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Lithodomus barbatus Reeve, 1858
=Lithodomus laniger Reeve, 1858
=Modiolaria arcuata A.A. Gould, 1861
=Modiolaria barbata Angas, 1868
=Trichomusculus barbatus (Reeve, 1858)
Images: Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
In beach drift, Ngunguru, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
Attached to washed up buoy, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Gregariella (Genus)
> barbata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Botulina Dall, 1889
=Musculus (Gregariella) Monterosato, 1884
=Musculus (Propetilus) Iredale, 1937
=Propetilus Iredale, 1937
=Tibialectus Iredale, 1939
=Trichomusculus Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Lithodomus barbatus Reeve, 1858
=Lithodomus laniger Reeve, 1858
=Modiolaria arcuata A.A. Gould, 1861
=Modiolaria barbata Angas, 1868
=Trichomusculus barbatus (Reeve, 1858)
Details: Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
Size/Grows to:
Length 11mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
King Bank, and Kermadec Islands, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. Also Western Australia to New South Wales, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.373)

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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