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Zenatia

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Zenatia
One valve of a shell of Zenatia acinaces
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Zenatia
Gray, 1853
Species

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Zenatia is a genus of medium-sized clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mactridae.

Distribution

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This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Species

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Species in the genus Zenatia include:

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1