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Species List for Subfamily: Modiolinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Mytilida (Order) > Mytiloidea (Superfamily) > Mytilidae (Family) > Modiolinae (Subfamily)
  • Subfamily: Modiolinae

  • Aulacomya maoriana (Iredale, 1915)
    Length 60mm, Width 30mm
    Ribbed Mussel, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands (shells), southern Bay of Plenty (small shells attached to beached algal holdfasts), south-eastern North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands
  • Modiolus areolatus (A.A. Gould, 1850)
    Length 115mm, Width 70mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    King Bank and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-485m
  • Modiolus auriculatus F. Krauss, 1848
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    SW Pacific, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands, from 0m
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