Dosinia anus

Dosinia anus
A shell of Dosinia anus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Dosinia
Species: D. anus
Binomial name
Dosinia anus
(Philippi, 1848)

Dosinia anus, common name the ringed dosinia, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. This species occurs in New Zealand.

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