Arcuatula senhousia Benson, 1842 Length 36mm, Height 16mm Asian Mussel, Marine, Non-indigenous Worldwide. North-eastern North Island, New Zealand. Clustered in dense masses in muddy harbours A |
Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) Length 34mm, Height 16mm Little Black Mussel, Marine, Native - Non-endemic North, South, Stewart, Snares and Auckland Islands. Also Western Australia. On open coasts at low tide ACFAn |
Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819) Length 35mm, Height 17mm Marine Northern and south-western North Island, northern and south-western South Island and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland. Estuarine areas ACFM |
Adipicola osseocola (Dell, 1987) Length 24mm, Height 10mm Marine, Native - Endemic Chatham Rise and south-eastern South Island. On whale skulls, approx. 550-900 metres M |
Bathymodiolus manusensis Hashimoto & Furuta, 2007 Vent Mussel, Marine Kermadec Ridge, SSW of Tonga, Monowai Caldera, 1143 metres K |
Benthomodiolus lignocola Dell, 1987 Marine, Native - Endemic North Island and Chatham Rise. On bored logs ACM |
Gigantidas gladius B.A. Marshall, 2003 Length 316mm, Height 54mm Giant Vent Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic Submarine volcanoes, Kermadec Ridge and south-eastern North Island, 216-755 metres K |
Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003) Length 200mm Marine, Native - Endemic South-eastern North Island, from active submarine volcanoes around 800-1200 metres. Off Cape Turnagain C |
Idas japonicus (Habe, 1976) Marine, Native - Non-endemic Southwest Pacific, benthic. Bay of Plenty, NZ |
Idas washingtonius (F.R. Bernard, 1978) Marine, Native - Non-endemic Southwest Pacific, benthic. North and South Islands and Chatham Rise ACM |
Terua arcuatilis (Dell, 1995) Length 30mm, Height 8mm Marine, Native - Endemic Challenger Plateau, Chatham Rise and N of Auckland Islands. On whale bone from approx. 350-1200 metres CMAn |
Vulcanidas insolatus B.A. Marshall, 2010 Length 178mm, Width 92mm Marine, Native - Endemic, Near active volcanic venting sites Kermadec Ridge. Macauley Caldera and Giggenback volcano, approx. 150-500 metres K |
Rhomboidella radians (Suter, 1908) Height 6mm, Width 4.2mm Marine, Native - Endemic Kermadec Islands, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank A |
Dacrydium pelseneeri Hedley, 1906 Width 1.5mm, Height 2.2mm Marine, Native - Endemic Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island A |
Zelithophaga truncata (Gray, 1843) Length 50mm, Height 15mm Marine, Native - Endemic North and South Islands. Boring into soft rock ACF |
Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915) Length 60mm, Width 30mm Ribbed Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic Three Kings Islands (shells), southern Bay of Plenty (small shells attached to beached algal holdfasts), south-eastern North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands ACFMAn |
Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850) Length 115mm, Width 70mm Marine, Native - Non-endemic King Bank and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands ACFMAn |
Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848 Marine, Native - Non-endemic SW Pacific, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands K |
Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858) Length 11mm, Width 5mm Marine, Native - Non-endemic King Bank, and Raoul, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. Also Western Australia to New South Wales KACM |
Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782) Length 47mm, Width 28mm Nesting Mussel, Marine, Native - Non-endemic North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. In clumps under rocks below low tide ACFM |
Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 Length 150mm, Width 63mm Blue Mussel, Marine, Native - Non-endemic Kermadec, North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands KACFMAn |
Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) Length commonly up to 160mm, with records over 240mm Green Mussel, Green Lipped Mussel, Kutai, Marine, Native - Endemic North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands ACF |
Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849 Marine, Native - Non-endemic Kermadec Islands, King Bank, Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island KA |