Dosinia maoriana is a medium-sized marine clam, a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, or Venus clams.
Dosinia maoriana | |
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Left valve of Dosinia maoriana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Dosinia |
Species: | D. maoriana
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Binomial name | |
Dosinia maoriana Oliver 1923
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References
edit- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1