Biology:Xenostrobus

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Xenostrobus
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.

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• Xenostrobus atratus (Lischke, 1871): synonym of Vignadula atrata (Lischke, 1871) (superseded combination)
• Xenostrobus mangle Ockelmann, 1983: synonym of Vignadula mangle (Ockelmann, 1983) (superseded combination, original combination)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

• 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

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3787032 entry