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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 (Gould, 1850)
=Modiola auriculata F. Krauss, 1848
=Modiola cymbula Preston, 1908
=Modiola rufanensis W.H. Turton, 1932
=Modiolus agripeta Iredale, 1939
=Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus Gould, 1850
=Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850
=Volsella agripeta (Iredale, 1939)
Images: Modiolus auriculatus 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 (Gould, 1850)
=Modiola auriculata F. Krauss, 1848
=Modiola cymbula Preston, 1908
=Modiola rufanensis W.H. Turton, 1932
=Modiolus agripeta Iredale, 1939
=Mytilus (Modiola) hepaticus Gould, 1850
=Mytilus hepaticus Gould, 1850
=Volsella agripeta (Iredale, 1939)
Details: Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
Distribution:
SW Pacific, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk and 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)

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