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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. © rights reserved
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, Stewart, Snares and Auckland Islands. Also Western Australia. On open coasts at low tide, from 0-42m
Type Data:
  • King George Sound, Western Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Little Black Mussel, 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