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Austrovenus stutchburyi New Zealand cockle, New Zealand little neck clam

Austrovenus stutchburyi is commonly referred to as New Zealand cockle, New Zealand little neck clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Austrovenus stutchburyi,Dead, washed up at Algies Bay, Kawau Bay.2020


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12802 
AphiaID:
507386 
Scientific:
Austrovenus stutchburyi 
German:
Neuseeländische Herzmuschel 
English:
New Zealand Cockle, New Zealand Little Neck Clam 
Category:
Sea Shells 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Veneridae (Family) > Austrovenus (Genus) > stutchburyi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(W. Wood, ), 1828 
Occurrence:
New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia) 
Sea depth:
0,5 - 5 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 3.54" (1,5cm - 9cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Phytoplankton, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-02-21 16:18:27 

Info

Austrovenus stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828)

Cockles live in harbours and estuaries in New Zealand. They live in the subtidal to intertidal zone, prefer to live in soft mud and fine sand, bury 2 to 3 cm under the sand.

Synonymised names:
Austrovenus crassitesta (Finlay, 1924)
Chione aucklandica Powell, 1932
Chione crassitesta Finlay, 1924
Venericardia zelandica Potiez & Michaud, 1844
Venus dieffenbachii Gray, 1843
Venus macleayana Tenison Woods, 1879
Venus stutchburii W. Wood, 1828
Venus stutchburyi W. Wood, 1828
Venus zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

External links

  1. GNS - Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. mollusca.co.nz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Foto: Te Haruhi Bay, Whangaparaoa, Neuseeland
Tuangi.A live Austrovenus stutchburyi sitting in mud at Taumanu Reserve, Onehunga.2019
Austrovenus stutchburyi siphons,Dead individuals sitting on top of the sandflat and with siphons of live individuals also visible around them.2020
Austrovenus stutchburyi,Crawling through sand at low tide at Algies Bay, Kawau Bay.2020
Austrovenus stutchburyi,Dead, washed up at Algies Bay, Kawau Bay.2020

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