''Barnea similis'', a rock borer or piddock, is a
marine
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc
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in the
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Pholadidae
Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam.
Background
Piddocks are unique in that each side of their shells is divided into 2 or 3 separate sections. Furthermore, one of the piddock's shells ...
.
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
* Miller M & Batt G, ''Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand'',
William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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Bivalves of New Zealand
Bivalves described in 1835
Pholadidae