Dosinia subrosea
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| Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835) |
Dosinia subrosea, or the fine dosinia, is a medium-sized marine clam, a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae or Venus clams.
The species is endemic to New Zealand, and is found living around the North Island in shallow water in sandy substrates.
The shell is rather large, solid, moderately inflated, but slightly winged posteriorly. The concentric ridges are fine, flat-topped, at about 20 per cm.
The colouration of the shell is white or light yellowish-brown externally, and dull white internally.
Height is up to 52 mm, width 56 mm, and thickness 26 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
