Dosinia lambata

Dosinia lambata, or the silky dosinia, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] It lives in depths of up to 60 metres (about 200 feet) and can grow to be 28 millimetres wide.[3]

Dosinia lambata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Dosinia
Species:
D. lambata
Binomial name
Dosinia lambata
(Gould, 1850)

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
  3. Poortman, Peter. "New Zealand Shells: Marine Bivalves". www.nzshells.net.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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