Species List for Genus: Dosinia
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Dosinia (Genus)
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- Dosinia anus (Philippi, 1848)
Width 82mm, Height 73mm
Coarse Dosinia, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACF
- Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1865
Width 50mm, Height 46mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Coarse sculpture
North, South and Stewart Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Dredged in soft mud around 10-50 metres
AC
- Dosinia lambata (Gould, 1850)
Width 40mm, Height 35mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Very fine smooth sculpture. Found on sheltered sandy beaches
North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin
ACF
- Dosinia maoriana W.R.B. Oliver, 1923
Width 46mm, Height 43mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank
ACM
- Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835)
Width 75mm, Height 71mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Islands
ACF
Key to 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
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