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Austrovenus

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Austrovenus
Temporal range: Middle Pliocene to Present
External view of one valve of a shell of Austrovenus stutchburyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Austrovenus
Finlay, 1927
Species

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Austrovenus is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae. This genus is native to New Zealand.

Species

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Species in the genus Austrovenus include:

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1