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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Austrovenus (Genus)
> stutchburyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Austrovenus crassitesta (Finlay, 1924)
=Chione aucklandica Powell, 1932
=Chione crassitesta Finlay, 1924
=Chione stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)
=Venericardia zelandica Potiez & Michaud, 1844
=Venus dieffenbachii Gray, 1843
=Venus macleayana Tenison-Woods, 1879
=Venus stutchburii W. Wood, 1828
=Venus stutchburyi W. Wood, 1828
=Venus zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Images: Austrovenus stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)
Coromandel, intertidal. 42mm
The common Cockle
The common Cockle
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Austrovenus (Genus)
> stutchburyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Austrovenus crassitesta (Finlay, 1924)
=Chione aucklandica Powell, 1932
=Chione crassitesta Finlay, 1924
=Chione stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)
=Venericardia zelandica Potiez & Michaud, 1844
=Venus dieffenbachii Gray, 1843
=Venus macleayana Tenison-Woods, 1879
=Venus stutchburii W. Wood, 1828
=Venus stutchburyi W. Wood, 1828
=Venus zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Details: Austrovenus stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)
Size/Grows to:
Width 60mm, Height 54mm. with records over 80mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Cockle, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.426)
  • Jul/1970 Items of Interest: Chione stutchburyi, Poirieria, 5(4) (p.65)
  • Gardner, N.W. Mar/1967 Chione stutchburyi, our common Cockle, Poirieria, 3(6)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil