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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Xenostrobus (Genus)
> securis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
=Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
=Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
=Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
=Perna confusa Angas, 1871
Images: Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Found in estuaries. Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 31mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: ARCUATULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Arcuatulinae (Subfamily)
> Xenostrobus (Genus)
> securis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Vignadula Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981
=Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
=Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
=Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
=Perna confusa Angas, 1871
Details: Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Length 35mm, Height 17mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, northern and south-western South Island and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland. Estuarine areas, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Islands, NZ, (lectotype of Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878)
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Colgan, D.J., Willan, R.C., Kirkendale, L.A. 2020 A genetic assessment of the taxonomic status of New Zealand mussels of the genus Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 54(2) (p.271)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.373)

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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