Dosinia lambata

Dosinia lambata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Dosinia
Species:	D. lambata
Binomial name
	Dosinia lambata; (Gould, 1850)
Synonyms
	Arthemis lambata Gould, 1850 ; Dosinia (Asa) lambata (Gould, 1850) ; Dosinia (Fallartemis) lambata (Gould, 1850);

Dosinia lambata, or the silky dosinia, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand.²³ It lives in depths of up to 60 metres (about 200 feet) and can grow to be 28 millimetres wide.⁴

References

Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Dosinia lambata (A. A. Gould, 1850)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
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
Poortman, Peter. "New Zealand Shells: Marine Bivalves". www.nzshells.net.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[WoRMS-1] Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Dosinia lambata (A. A. Gould, 1850)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 June 2026.

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

[3] Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8

[4] Poortman, Peter. "New Zealand Shells: Marine Bivalves". www.nzshells.net.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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