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Species List for Subfamily: Arcuatulinae
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  • Subfamily: Arcuatulinae

  • Arcuatula senhousia Benson, 1842
    Length 36mm, Height 16mm
    Asian Mussel, Marine, Non-indigenous
    Worldwide. Northland, New Zealand. Clustered in dense masses in muddy harbours
    A
  • Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915)
    Length 34mm, Height 16mm
    Little Black Mussel, Marine
    North, South and Stewart Island. Snares and Auckland Islands. Also Western Australia. On open coasts at low tide
    ACFAn
  • Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
    Length 35mm, Height 17mm
    Marine
    North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland. Estuarine areas
    ACFM
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