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Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Bassina (Genus)
> yatei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bassina (Bassina) Jukes-Browne, 1914
=Bassina (Callanaitis) Iredale, 1917
=Callanaitis Iredale, 1917
Synonymised Names:
=Bassina (Callanaitis) yatei (Gray, 1835)
=Bassinaria macclurgi Marwick, 1928
=Chione chiloensis var. truncata Suter, 1917
=Circomphalus yatei (Gray, 1835)
=Venus calcarea A.A. Gould, 1850
=Venus lucasii Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
=Venus yatei Gray, 1835
Images: Bassina yatei (Gray, 1835)
Collected 1961, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 42mm. © rights reserved
Collected 1961, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ. 42mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
VENERIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Autobranchia (Subclass)
> Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
> Euhetrodonta (Subterclass)
> Imparidentia (Superorder)
> Venerida (Order)
> Veneroidea (Superfamily)
> Veneridae (Family)
> Bassina (Genus)
> yatei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bassina (Bassina) Jukes-Browne, 1914
=Bassina (Callanaitis) Iredale, 1917
=Callanaitis Iredale, 1917
Synonymised Names:
=Bassina (Callanaitis) yatei (Gray, 1835)
=Bassinaria macclurgi Marwick, 1928
=Chione chiloensis var. truncata Suter, 1917
=Circomphalus yatei (Gray, 1835)
=Venus calcarea A.A. Gould, 1850
=Venus lucasii Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854
=Venus yatei Gray, 1835
Details: Bassina yatei (Gray, 1835)
Size/Grows to:
Width 66mm, Height 50mm
Distribution:
North Island, northern and eastern South Island, and Stewart Island, from 0-44m
Notes:
Frilled Venus Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Matsukuma, A., Yoosukh, W. 1988 Living Bassina and Placumen (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from the Australasia and the Indo-Pacific. (Studies on the Kawamura Collection (Mollusca) stored in the National Science Museum, Tokyo - V), Saito Ho-on Special Publication (p.570)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.427)
  • Gray, J.E. 1835 Catalogue of shells collected on the east coast of New Zealand, by the Rev. W. Yate, An account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society's mission in the northern island 2nd Ed, Seeley & Burnside, London (p.309) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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