Austrovenus stutchburyi

Austrovenus stutchburyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Austrovenus
Species:
A. stutchburyi
Binomial name
Austrovenus stutchburyi
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
List
  • Austrovenus crassitesta (Finlay, 1924)
  • Austrovenus stutchburyi f. crassitesta (Finlay, 1924)
  • Chione aucklandica Powell, 1932
  • Chione crassitesta Finlay, 1924
  • Chione stutchburyi (Wood, 1828)
  • Venericardia zelandica Potiez & Michaud, 1844
  • Venus (Chione) macleayana Tenison Woods, 1879
  • Venus dieffenbachii Gray, 1843
  • Venus macleayana Tenison Woods, 1879
  • Venus stutchburii Wood, 1828
  • Venus stutchburyi Wood, 1828
  • Venus zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

Austrovenus stutchburyi, common name the New Zealand cockle or New Zealand little neck clam, is an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Its Māori name is tuangi (North Island) or tuaki (South Island).

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