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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Musculus (Genus)
> cumingianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Modiolarca Gray, 1842
=Mytilus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Modiola cumingiana Reeve, 1857
=Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
=Musculus ulmus Iredale, 1936
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Musculus (Genus)
> cumingianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Modiolarca Gray, 1842
=Mytilus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Modiola cumingiana Reeve, 1857
=Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
=Musculus ulmus Iredale, 1936
Details: Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.211)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1857 Monograph of the genus Modiola, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 10 (p.1) Original Description

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