Biology:Zenatia

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Short description: Genus of bivalves


Zenatia
Zenatia acinaces.JPG
One valve of a shell of Zenatia acinaces
Scientific classification e
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

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Species in the genus Zenatia include:

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q16965454 entry