Biology:Venerupis largillierti

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Venerupis largillierti
A small clam on some rocks
V. largillierti in Picton, New Zealand
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Venerupis
Species:
V. largillierti
Binomial name
Venerupis largillierti
Rudolf Amandus Philippi, 1849

Venerupis largillierti is a species of marine mollusc, endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is found on all of the main islands and their outlying islets, as well as the Chatham Islands. It was originally described in the genus Venus.[2] It has been found in Tasmania, where it has been introduced.[3] The bivalve is part of a national fishery in Tasmania.[4][5] Some prehistoric archaeological deposits in midden heaps on Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands show that this species was used as a food source, before the site was abandoned in the 14th century.[6]

Description

V. largillierti is yellow-brown[3] or red-white and ferruginous apically.[7] It has coarse ridges on the outer shell, which become coarser apically. When young it has zigzag patterns on the ridges.

References

  1. "NZ Mollusca - Venerupis largillierti". https://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=4727. 
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Venerupis largillierti (R. A. Philippi, 1847)" (in en). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507984. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Species". https://nimpis.marinepests.gov.au/species/species/69. 
  4. Jones, H.; Gardner, Caleb (2016-01-01) (in en). Small bivalve survey, assessment and stock status update: 2016. Ostrea angasi - Georges Bay Venerupis largillierti - Northern Zone, Georges Bay (Report). University of Tasmania. https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/report/Small_bivalve_survey_assessment_and_stock_status_update_2016_Ostrea_angasi_-_Georges_Bay_Venerupis_largillierti_-_Northern_Zone_Georges_Bay/23168630/1. 
  5. Kent, Greg N.; Maguire, Greg B.; Duthie, Ian; Pugh, Richard (March 1999). "Spawning, settlement, and growth of the New Zealand veneridRuditapes largillierti(Philippi 1849) in culture". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1080/00288330.1999.9516856. ISSN 0028-8330. Bibcode1999NZJMF..33...55K. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1999.9516856. 
  6. Anderson, Atholl; Becerra-Valdivia, Lorena; Cadd, Haidee; Marjo, Christopher E.; Palmer, Jonathan; Turney, Chris; Wilmshurst, Janet M. (October 2024). "The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal" (in en). Archaeology in Oceania 59 (3): 479–494. doi:10.1002/arco.5337. ISSN 0728-4896. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.5337. 
  7. Menke, Karl Theodor; Pfeiffer, Louis (1844). Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. jahrg 1 - 5 (1844-48). Hannover: Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55050. 

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