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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)
> Dosinia (Genus)
> lambata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dosinia (Asa) Basterot, 1825
=Dosinia (Austrodosinia) Dall, 1902
=Dosinia (Fallartemis) Iredale, 1930
=Dosinia (Kereia) Marwick, 1927
=osinia (Pectunculus) da Costa, 1778
=Dosinia (Phacosoma) Jukes-Browne, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Arthemis lambata A.A. Gould, 1850
=Dosinia (Fallartemis) lambata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Images: Dosinia lambata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Wattle Bay, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 28mm. © rights reserved
Wattle Bay, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 28mm. © 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)
> Dosinia (Genus)
> lambata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dosinia (Asa) Basterot, 1825
=Dosinia (Austrodosinia) Dall, 1902
=Dosinia (Fallartemis) Iredale, 1930
=Dosinia (Kereia) Marwick, 1927
=osinia (Pectunculus) da Costa, 1778
=Dosinia (Phacosoma) Jukes-Browne, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Arthemis lambata A.A. Gould, 1850
=Dosinia (Fallartemis) lambata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Details: Dosinia lambata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Width 40mm, Height 35mm
Distribution:
North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-530m
Type Data:
  • Bay of Islands - no exact data, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Found on sheltered sandy beaches
Description:
Very fine smooth sculpture

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References and Publications
  • Huber, M. 2010 Compendium of Bivalves 1, ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany (p.736)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.423)
  • Gould, A. 1850 Descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3 (p.277) Original Description

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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