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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 Gould, 1861
=Modiolaria barbata Angas, 1868
=Trichomusculus barbatus (Reeve, 1858)
Images: Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
In beach drift, Ngunguru, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 6mm
Attached to washed up buoy, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ
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 Gould, 1861
=Modiolaria barbata Angas, 1868
=Trichomusculus barbatus (Reeve, 1858)
Details: Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858)
Size/Grows to:
Length 11mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to New South Wales
Geographical Range:
KACM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.373)

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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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