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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Modiolinae (Subfamily)
> Modiolus (Genus)
> auriculatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eumodiolus Ihering, 1900
=Modiola Lamarck, 1801
=Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898
=Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 accepted, alternate representation
=Volsella Scopoli, 1777
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna hepatica (A.A. Gould, 1850)
=Modiola auriculata F. Krauss, 1848
=Modiola cymbula Preston, 1908
=Modiola rufanensis W.H. Turton, 1932
=Modiolus agripeta Iredale, 1939
=Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Mytilus hepaticus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Volsella agripeta (Iredale, 1939)
Images: Modiolus auriculatus F. Krauss, 1848
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Modiolinae (Subfamily)
> Modiolus (Genus)
> auriculatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eumodiolus Ihering, 1900
=Modiola Lamarck, 1801
=Modiola (Gibbomodiola) Sacco, 1898
=Modiolus (Modiolus) Lamarck, 1799 accepted, alternate representation
=Volsella Scopoli, 1777
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna hepatica (A.A. Gould, 1850)
=Modiola auriculata F. Krauss, 1848
=Modiola cymbula Preston, 1908
=Modiola rufanensis W.H. Turton, 1932
=Modiolus agripeta Iredale, 1939
=Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Mytilus hepaticus A.A. Gould, 1850
=Volsella agripeta (Iredale, 1939)
Details: Modiolus auriculatus F. Krauss, 1848
Distribution:
SW Pacific, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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)

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