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Species List for Genus: Modiolus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Modiolinae (Subfamily) > Modiolus (Genus)
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  • Genus: Modiolus

  • Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850)
    Length 115mm, Width 70mm
    Marine
    North, South Stewart, Chatham, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands
    ACFMAn
  • Modiolus auriculatus Krauss, 1848
    Marine
    SW Pacific, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
    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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil