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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)
> securis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
=Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
=Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
=Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
=Perna confusa Angas, 1871
Images: Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Found in estuaries. Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 31mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Xenostrobus (Genus)
> securis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
=Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
=Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
=Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
=Perna confusa Angas, 1871
Details: Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Length 35mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland. Estuarine areas
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.373)

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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