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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Modiolus confusus auct.
   Modiola securis Lamarck, 1819
   Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
   Perna confusus Angas, 1871
   Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878

Common Name

Little Brown Mussel p.32, pl.33D      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  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: 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: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland

Keywords

habitat: estuarine [ upper reaches of estuaries where the water may almost be fresh for a considerable part of the year ]
substrate: shell [ in masses on timber, stones or dead shells ]
substrate: stones 
substrate: wood 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.13 General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. p.86 General reference
 Wilson, B.R. 1967. p.290, figs 2a, 3b General reference
 Wilson, B.R. 1969. p.93 [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=19476) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-19.