Austrovenus
Appearance
Austrovenus Temporal range: Middle Pliocene to Present
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External view of one valve of a shell of Austrovenus stutchburyi | |
Scientific classification | |
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
[edit]Species in the genus Austrovenus include:
- Austrovenus aucklandica Powell, 1932 – Auckland Islands cockle
- Austrovenus stutchburyi (Wood, 1828) – New Zealand cockle, New Zealand little neck clam
References
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1