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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)
> Leukoma (Genus)
> crassicosta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Protothaca Dall, 1902
=Protothaca (Tuangia) Marwick, 1927
=Tuangia Marwick, 1927
=Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Protothaca (Tuangia) crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
=Protothaca crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
=Venus costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Venus crassicosta Deshayes, 1835
Images: Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
Found on fine gravel beaches, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 35mm. © rights reserved
Found on fine gravel beaches, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 35mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Leukoma (Genus)
> crassicosta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Protothaca Dall, 1902
=Protothaca (Tuangia) Marwick, 1927
=Tuangia Marwick, 1927
=Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Protothaca (Tuangia) crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
=Protothaca crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
=Venus costata Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
=Venus crassicosta Deshayes, 1835
Details: Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Width 60mm, Height 48mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, from 0-55m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.425)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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