Cleidothaerus albidus

Cleidothaerus albidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalve
Order:	Pholadomyoida
Family:	Cleidothaeridae Hedley, 1918
Genus:	Cleidothaerus Stutchbury, 1830
Species:	M. antipodum
Binomial name
Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)

Cleidothaerus albidus is a bivalve mollusc of the family Cleidothaeridae, the only member of its genus and family. It is endemic to south east Australia and the North Island of New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

References

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