Barbatia novaezelandiae

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Barbatia novaezelandiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Barbatia
Species:
B. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Barbatia novaezelandiae
(E.A. Smith, 1915)

Barbatia novaezelandiae, or the New Zealand ark, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Arcidae.

Barbatia novaezelandiae inside view

References[edit]

  • 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 0-85467-054-8