Xenostrobus

Xenostrobus
Shell of Xenostrobus pulex (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Superfamily: Mytiloidea
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Xenostrobus
B. R. Wilson, 1967[1]
Type species
Volsella inconstans Dunker, 1856

Xenostrobus is a genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Xenostrobinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[2]

Species

  • † 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  • Xenostrobus atratus (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (superseded combination)
  • Xenostrobus mangle Ockelmann, 1983: synonym of Vignadula mangle (Ockelmann, 1983) (superseded combination, original combination)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

  1. ↑ Barry R Wilson (1 April 1967). "A new generic name for three regent and one fossil species of Mytilidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in southern Australasia, with redescriptions of the species" (PDF). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 37 (4): 279–295. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064995. ISSN 0025-1194. Wikidata Q90816595.
  2. ↑ 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
  • 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.
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