Dosinia lambata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Dosinia |
Species: | D. lambata
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Binomial name | |
Dosinia lambata (
Gould, 1850)
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Dosinia lambata, or the silky dosinia, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2] It lives in depths of up to 60 metres (about 200 feet) and can grow to be 28 millimetres wide. [3]