Arcuatula senhousia Benson, 1842 Length 36mm, Height 16mm Asian Mussel, Marine, Introduced Worldwide. Northland, New Zealand. Clustered in dense masses in muddy harbours AI. |
Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915) Length 34mm, Height 16mm Little Black Mussel, Marine North, South and Stewart Island. Snares and Auckland Islands. Also Western Australia. On open coasts at low tide ACFAn |
Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819) Length 35mm, Height 17mm Marine North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to Queensland. Estuarine areas ACFM |
Adipicola osseocola (Dell, 1987) Length 24mm, Height 10mm Marine, Endemic North of Chatham Islands. On whale skull 880-882 metres ME. |
Bathymodiolus manusensis Hashimoto & Furuta, 2007 Vent Mussel, Marine Kermadec Ridge, SSW of Tonga, Monowai Caldera, 1143 metres K |
Benthomodiolus lignocola Dell, 1987 Marine, Endemic Off White Island, down to Chatham Islands. On bored logs ACME. |
Gigantidas gladius B.A. Marshall, 2003 Length 316mm, Height 54mm Giant Vent Mussel, Marine, Endemic Submarine volcanoes, Southern Kermadec Ridge, 216-755 metres KE. |
Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & Marshall, 2003) Length 200mm Marine, Endemic Off SE North Island, from active submarine volcanoes around 920-1205 metres. Off Cape Turnagain CE. |
Terua arcuatilis (Dell, 1995) Length 30mm, Height 8mm Marine, Endemic Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau. On whale bone from 550-1100 metres CME. |
Vulcanidas insolatus B.A. Marshall, 2010 Length 178mm, Width 92mm Marine, Endemic, Near active volcanic venting sites Kermadec Ridge. Macauley Caldera and Giggenback volcano, 140-504 metres KE. |
Rhomboidella radians (Suter, 1908) Height 6mm, Width 4.2mm Marine, Endemic North Island. Three Kings Islands to Bay of Plenty AE. |
Dacrydium pelseneeri Hedley, 1906 Width 1.5mm, Height 2.2mm Marine, Endemic Off Three Kings Islands, off Northland to East Cape AFE. |
Zelithophaga truncata (Gray, 1843) Length 50mm, Height 15mm Marine, Endemic North and South Islands. Boring into soft rock ACFE. |
Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915) Length 60mm, Width 30mm Ribbed Mussel, Marine, Endemic Lower North Island, South, Stewart, Chathams, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Also off North Cape and Three Kings Islands ACFMAnE. |
Modiolus areolatus (Gould, 1850) Length 115mm, Width 70mm Marine North, South Stewart, Chatham, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands ACFMAn |
Gregariella barbata (Reeve, 1858) Length 11mm, Width 5mm Marine North, South and Chatham Islands. Also Western Australia to New South Wales KACM |
Musculus impactus (Hermann, 1782) Length 47mm, Width 28mm Nesting Mussel, Marine North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. In clumps under rocks below low tide ACFM |
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 Length 150mm, Width 63mm Blue Mussel, Marine North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands ACFMAn |
Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791) Length commonly up to 160mm, with records over 240mm Green Mussel, Green Lipped Mussel, Kutai, Marine, Endemic North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands ACFE. |