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  • Subfamily: Bathymodiolinae

  • 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
  • Bathymodiolus septemdierum Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994
    Marine
    Philippine Sea to south of Tonga
    A
  • 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
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