WoRMS taxon details
Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915)
744521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744521)
accepted
Species
Modiolus ater (Zelebor, 1866) · unaccepted (invalid: not Molina, 1782)
Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Mytilus ater Molina, 1782; Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915 is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915) Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 484 [details]
page(s): 484 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744521 on 2025-11-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915) Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 484 [details]
original description (of Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138 [details]
page(s): 484 [details]
original description (of Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Colgan D.J. & da Costa P. (2013) Invasive and non-invasive lineages in <i>Xenostrobus</i> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). <i>Molluscan Research</i> 33(4): 272-280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2013.826574 [details]
Other
additional source
Colgan, D. J.; Willan, R. C. & Kirkendale, L. A. (2020). A genetic assessment of the taxonomic status of New Zealand mussels of the genus <i>Xenostrobus</i> Wilson, 1967. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 54 (2): 271-285. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenostrobus neozelanicus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Mytilus ater Zelebor, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenostrobus neozelanicus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
