Biology:Dosinia lambata

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Short description: Species of bivalve


Dosinia lambata
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Bivalvia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Venerida
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Binomial name
Dosinia lambata
(Gould, 1850)

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]

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". http://www.nzshells.net.nz/bivalvia.htm. Retrieved 30 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5299288 entry