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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)

  • Genus: Dosinia

  • Dosinia anus (Philippi, 1848)
    Width 82mm, Height 73mm
    Coarse Dosinia, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-10m
  • Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1865
    Width 50mm, Height 46mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Dredged in soft mud, from 5-375m
  • Dosinia lambata (A.A. Gould, 1850)
    Width 40mm, Height 35mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Found on sheltered sandy beaches
    North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-530m
  • 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, from 0-188m
  • Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835)
    Width 75mm, Height 71mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-77m
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