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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Musculus (Genus)
> cumingianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Modiolarca Gray, 1842
=Mytilus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Modiola cumingiana Reeve, 1857
=Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
=Musculus ulmus Iredale, 1936
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MYTILIDAE: MUSCULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Mytilida (Order)
> Mytiloidea (Superfamily)
> Mytilidae (Family)
> Musculinae (Subfamily)
> Musculus (Genus)
> cumingianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Modiolarca Gray, 1842
=Mytilus (Modiolarca) Gray, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Modiola cumingiana Reeve, 1857
=Modiolus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
=Musculus ulmus Iredale, 1936
Details: Musculus cumingianus (Reeve, 1857)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
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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)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1857 Monograph of the genus Modiola, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 10 (p.1) 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