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Taxonomy
Family:
PINNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pinnoidea (Superfamily)
> Pinnidae (Family)
> Atrina (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Atrina (Atrina) Gray, 1842 accepted, alternate representation
=Atrina (Australopinna) P. W. Schultz & M. Huber, 2013 accepted, alternate representation
=Atrina (Servatrina) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Pennaria Mörch, 1853
=Servatrina Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Atrina (Australopinna) zelandica (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Pinna senticosa A. A. Gould, 1850
=Pinna zelandica Gray, 1835
Images: Atrina zelandica (Gray, 1835)
Marlborough Sounds, in Scallop beds. 185mm. © rights reserved
Alive below low tide, half buried in sand. Nelson, NZ. 150mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PINNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pinnoidea (Superfamily)
> Pinnidae (Family)
> Atrina (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Atrina (Atrina) Gray, 1842 accepted, alternate representation
=Atrina (Australopinna) P. W. Schultz & M. Huber, 2013 accepted, alternate representation
=Atrina (Servatrina) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
=Pennaria Mörch, 1853
=Servatrina Iredale, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Atrina (Australopinna) zelandica (Gray, 1835) accepted, alternate representation
=Pinna senticosa A. A. Gould, 1850
=Pinna zelandica Gray, 1835
Details: Atrina zelandica (Gray, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Length 300mm, Width 120mm. with records over 440mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-256m
Notes:
Horse Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.375)
  • Taylor, W. Oct/1974 Notes of Interest: Atrina zelandica, Poirieria, 7(5) (p.101)

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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