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Species List for Subfamily: Mytilinae
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  • Subfamily: Mytilinae

  • Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819
    Length 150mm, Width 63mm
    Blue Mussel, Marine
    North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands
    ACFMAn
  • 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
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