Zenatia
| Zenatia | |
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| One valve of a shell of Zenatia acinaces | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Zenatia Gray, 1853 |
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Zenatia is a genus of medium-sized clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mactridae.
Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Species
Species in the genus Zenatia include:
- Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard)
- Zenatia zelandica Gray
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References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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