Zenatia
Appearance
Zenatia | |
---|---|
One valve of a shell of Zenatia acinaces | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Zenatia Gray, 1853 |
Species | |
See text. |
Zenatia is a genus of medium-sized clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mactridae.
Distribution
[edit]This genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Zenatia include:
- Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard)
- Zenatia zelandica Gray
References
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1