Cucumerunio websteri
Cucumerunio websteri is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Hyriidae.Subspecies
- Cucumerunio websteri websteri
- Cucumerunio websteri delli McMichael & Hiscock, 1958
Description
The specific name websteri is in honor of Reverend William Henry Webster of Wauiku, New Zealand, who have sent specimens to the National Museum of Natural History. Cucumerunio websteri then was described under the name Diplodon websteri by American malacologist Charles Torrey Simpson in 1902.
Simpson's original text reads as follows:
The length of the shell is 62–81 mm. The height of the shell is 32–39 mm. The width of the shell is 14–20 mm.Distribution
It lives in the North Island, New Zealand. The type locality is New Zealand, but the exact type locality is unknown.Habitat
It inhabits lakes and streams.
