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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Modiolinae (Subfamily)
> Modiolus (Genus)
> areolatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eumodiolus Ihering, 1900
=Modiola Lamarck, 1801
=Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898
=Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 accepted, alternate representation
=Volsella Scopoli, 1777
Synonymised Names:
=Modiolus australis sensu Suter, 1913
=Modiolus cottoni Laseron, 1956
=Mytilus (Modiola) areolatus A. A. Gould, 1850
=Mytilus areolatus A. A. Gould, 1850
Images: Modiolus areolatus (A. A. Gould, 1850)
Off Otago, 125 metres, NZ. 99mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Modiolinae (Subfamily)
> Modiolus (Genus)
> areolatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eumodiolus Ihering, 1900
=Modiola Lamarck, 1801
=Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898
=Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 accepted, alternate representation
=Volsella Scopoli, 1777
Synonymised Names:
=Modiolus australis sensu Suter, 1913
=Modiolus cottoni Laseron, 1956
=Mytilus (Modiola) areolatus A. A. Gould, 1850
=Mytilus areolatus A. A. Gould, 1850
Details: Modiolus areolatus (A. A. Gould, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Length 115mm, Width 70mm
Distribution:
King Bank and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-485m
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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