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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Benthomodiolus (Genus)
> lignocola (Species)
Images: Benthomodiolus lignocola Dell, 1987
Trawled on sunken wood, 900-1200 metres, east of Cape Kidnappers, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected east of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075023). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected east of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (M.075023). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: BATHYMODIOLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily)
> Benthomodiolus (Genus)
> lignocola (Species)
Details: Benthomodiolus lignocola Dell, 1987
Distribution:
North Island and Chatham Rise. On bored logs, from 545-1174m
Type Data:
  • 1000-1100 metres, E of White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Dell, R.K. 1987 Mollusca of the family Mytilidae (Bivalvia) associated with organic remains from deep water off New Zealand, with revisions of the genera Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 and Idasola Iredale, 1915, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 3 (p.33) Original Description

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