Oxyperas elongatum

Oxyperas elongatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Oxyperas
Species:
O. elongatum
Binomial name
Oxyperas elongatum
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oxyperas elongatum, the long trough shell (Māori: tohemanga or poua), is a species of large bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae.[6] It is endemic to New Zealand and found throughout the country.

Oxyperas elongatum inside view

References

  1. ↑ Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832–1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i–l, 1–264; 2(1): 1–321 [1832]; 2(2): 321–686 [1833]; 3(1): 1–366 [1834]; 3(2): 367–954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1–93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 p. 518
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase, ed. (2024). "MolluscaBase. Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)". Retrieved 25 July 2024 – via World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ↑ Carter, R. M. 1972. "Wanganui Strata of Komako District, Pohangina Valley, Ruahine Range, Manawatu". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2: 293–324. p. 310
  4. ↑ Adams, A. (1856). "Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina) from the Cumingian collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 24 (1856): 47–53, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573 p. 53.
  5. ↑ Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
  6. ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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