Austrovenus

Taxobox
name = "Austrovenus"
fossil_range = Middle Pliocene to Recent


image_width = 210px
image_caption = "Austrovenus stutchburyi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Veneridae
genus = "Austrovenus"
genus_authority = Finlay, 1927
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Austrovenus" is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae. They are native to New Zealand. The shells are similar to "Chione cancellata" but more orbicular and inflated, with the radial sculpture dominant over the concentric lamellae, and the escutcheon scarcely apparent.

Species in the genus "Austrovenus"

* "Austrovenus aucklandica" Powell, 1932 - Auckland Islands cockle
* "Austrovenus stutchburyi" (Wood, 1828) - New Zealand cockle, New Zealand little neck clam

References

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