Xenostrobus
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| Xenostrobus | |
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| Shell of Xenostrobus pulex (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Superfamily: | Mytiloidea |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Xenostrobus B. R. Wilson, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Volsella inconstans Dunker, 1856 | |
Xenostrobus is a genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Xenostrobinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[1]
Species[edit]
- † Xenostrobus altijugatus (Marwick, 1931)
- Xenostrobus balani Ockelmann, 1983
- Xenostrobus huttoni (Suter, 1914)
- Xenostrobus inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
- Xenostrobus neozelanicus (Iredale, 1915)
- Xenostrobus pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
- Xenostrobus sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903)
- Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
- Synonyms
- Xenostrobus atrata [sic]: synonym of Xenostrobus atratus (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (incorrect gender ending)
- Xenostrobus atratus (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (superseded combination)
- Xenostrobus mangle Ockelmann, 1983: synonym of Vignadula mangle (Ockelmann, 1983) (superseded combination, original combination)
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Xenostrobus B. R. Wilson, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138231 on 2023-09-19
- Wilson B.R. (1967). A new generic name for three recent and one fossil species of Mytilidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in southern Australasia with re-descriptions of the species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 37: 279–295.
- Colgan, D. J.; Willan, R. C. & Kirkendale, L. A. (2020). A genetic assessment of the taxonomic status of New Zealand mussels of the genus Xenostrobus Wilson, 1967. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 54 (2): 271-285.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xenostrobus.
- Ponder, W. F.; Hallan, A.; Shea, M.; Clark, S. A. (2016). Australian Freshwater Molluscs
- Colgan D.J. & da Costa P. (2013) Invasive and non-invasive lineages in Xenostrobus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Molluscan Research 33(4): 272-280
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