Mactra ovata

Mactra ovata is a trough shell of the family Mactridae.

Mactra ovata ovata inside view

Mactra ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Mactra
Species:
M. ovata
Binomial name
Mactra ovata
(Gray, 1843)

References

  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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