Species List for Family: Veneridae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Venerida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family)
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- Austrovenus stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)
Width 60mm, Height 54mm. with records over 80mm
Cockle, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0-69m
- Bassina yatei (Gray, 1835)
Width 66mm, Height 50mm
Frilled Venus Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, northern and eastern South Island, and Stewart Island, from 0-44m
- Dosina mactracea (Broderip, 1835)
Width 70mm, Height 52mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0-415m
- 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 (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
- Gomphina maorum (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Width 19mm, Height 16mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and far northern North Island as far south as Taupiri Bay, from 0-805m
- Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854)
Length 60mm, Height 36mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Burrows in soft rock
North Island and eastern South Island, from 0-4m
- Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843)
Length 31mm, Height 24mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Intertidal, in holes in soft rock, from 0-237m
- Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
Width 60mm, Height 48mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral, from 0-55m
- Notocallista multistriata (Sowerby, 1851)
Width 30mm, Height 22mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-555m
- Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928
Width 33mm, Height 28mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0-604m
- Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930)
Width 58mm, Height 52mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Cape Palliser, south-eastern South Island, Snares and Campbell Island, and Auckland Islands, from 14-549m
- Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853)
Width 36mm, Height 35mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Auckland Islands, from 25-27m
- Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)
Width 34mm, Height 27mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on sandy beaches
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-1006m
- Venerupis largillierti (Philippi, 1849)
Width 75mm, Height 56mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, from 0-450m
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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