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Species List for Subfamily: Venericardiinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Venericardiinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Venericardiinae

  • Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
    Width 45mm, Height 40mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    W of Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, northern and southern South Island, and Stewart, Auckland, Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-1006m
  • Purpurocardia reinga (Powell, 1933)
    Width 32mm, Height 24mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, Cook Strait, and north-eastern South Island, from 0-622m
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Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil