Austrovenus stutchburyi
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Chione stutchburyi |
Austrovenus stutchburyi, or New Zealand cockle, or New Zealand little neck clam, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand. It is very common in intertidal mudflats.
The shell is solid and rotund, sculptured with numerous strong rounded radial ribs, overridden by crisp weak lamellae. Coloration is whitish, tinged at the posterior end with pale purplish-brown, and internally whitish, stained posteriorly with dark purplish-violet.
Shells from the north tend to be more globose and inflated. They are a popular New Zealand seafood.
Length is up to 62 mm, and height 56 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8
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