OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiola pulex Lamarck, 1819
   Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848
   Mytilus ater Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
   Mytilus crassa Tenison-Woods, 1877
   Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915

Common Name

Little Black Horse Mussel p.293      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)

Keywords

habitat: rocky shore [ common on open rocky shores of exposed coasts ]
habitat: sand 
substrate: rocks [ living in sheets on rocks in areas where sand and rocks meet and on jetty piles above mid-tide level ]
substrate: wood 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.293, fig. 3 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962.  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.86 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.286 Biology and ecology
 Wilson, B.R. 1966.  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & Hodgkin, E.P. 1967. p.177 [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Xenostrobus Wilson, 1966
                    Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19470) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-01-09.