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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: SEPTIFERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Septiferinae (Subfamily)
> Septifer (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brachydontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, 1921
=Septifer australis Laseron, 1956
=Septifer cf. bilocularis of authors
=Septifer bryanae (Pilsbry, 1921)
=Septifer forskali Dunker, 1855
=Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855
=Septifer furcillata A.A. Gould, 1861
Images: Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849
Dredged, off Northland, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: SEPTIFERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Septiferinae (Subfamily)
> Septifer (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brachydontes (Hormomya) Mörch, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Congeria bryanae Pilsbry, 1921
=Septifer australis Laseron, 1956
=Septifer cf. bilocularis of authors
=Septifer bryanae (Pilsbry, 1921)
=Septifer forskali Dunker, 1855
=Septifer forskalii Dunker, 1855
=Septifer furcillata A.A. Gould, 1861
Details: Septifer cumingii Récluz, 1849
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, King Bank, Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island, from 0-287m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.211)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.372)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1954 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 2, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(4) (p.235)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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