Austrovenus tamakiensis

Austrovenus tamakiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Austrovenus
Species:
†A. tamakiensis
Binomial name
†Austrovenus tamakiensis
(Marwick, 1948)

Austrovenus tamakiensis is an extinct species of marine bivalve that belongs to the Venus clam family Veneridae.[1] It lived in Otahuhu, New Zealand during the lower Pliocene epoch.[2]

Reference

  1. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Austrovenus tamakiensis (Marwick, 1948) †". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
  2. ↑ Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin