| Dosinia subrosea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Dosinia |
| Species: | D. subrosea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835) | |
Dosinia subrosea, common name the fine dosinia, is a medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources.
Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.
Paphies subtriangulata is a species of edible bivalve clam known as tuatua in the Māori language, a member of the family Mesodesmatidae and endemic to New Zealand. It is found on all three of the main New Zealand islands, buried in fine clean sand on ocean beaches.
Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species in this genus include the pipi, tuatua and toheroa.
Paphies australis or pipi is a bivalve mollusc of the family Mesodesmatidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Myida is an order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms.
Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853. The shell of Dosinia species is disc-like in shape, usually white, and therefore is reminiscent of the shells of Lucinid bivalves.
Dosinia lambata, or the silky dosinia, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand. It lives in depths of up to 60 metres and can grow to be 28 millimetres wide.
Dosinia anus, commonly named the ringed dosinia, coarse dosinia, coarse biscuit shell and tuangi-haruru, in the Māori language, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The species is common to both of the main islands of New Zealand, where it is the largest and heaviest species in the genus, occasionally exceeding 80 mm in diameter. It buries itself in clean fine sandy substrata, sub-tidally down to 15 m deep.
The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida.
Barbatia is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.
Nucula hartvigiana is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.
Myochamidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.
Myadora striata is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Myochamidae.
Limaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Dosinia maoriana is a medium-sized marine clam, a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, or Venus clams.
Dosinia greyi is a medium-sized marine clam, a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, or Venus clams.
Panopea zelandica, commonly known as the deepwater clam or New Zealand geoduck, is a large species of marine bivalve mollusc in the Panopea (geoduck) genus of the family Hiatellidae. It is also sometimes called a king clam, or a gaper – in reference to the shell not being closed at either end.
Austrovenus stutchburyi, common name the New Zealand cockle or New Zealand little neck clam, is an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Its Māori name is tuangi or tuaki.
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