Dosinia anus
Dosinia anus | |
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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.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
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