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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)
> Xenostrobus (Genus)
> neozelanicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Modiolus ater (Zelebor, 1866)
=Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915
=Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866
Images: Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915)
Outer Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 25mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Xenostrobus (Genus)
> neozelanicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Modiolus ater (Zelebor, 1866)
=Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915
=Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866
Details: Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915)
Size/Grows to:
Length 34mm, Height 16mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Snares and Auckland Islands. Also Western Australia. On open coasts at low tide
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Little Black Mussel, 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