Barnea similis

Barnea similis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Superfamily: Pholadoidea
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Barnea
Species:
B. similis
Binomial name
Barnea similis
(Gray, 1835)

Barnea similis, a rock borer or piddock, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.

Barnea similis inside view, showing a shelly projection near the hinge

References

  • 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
  • Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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