Venerupis largillierti
| Venerupis largillierti | |
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| V. largillierti in Picton, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Venerupis |
| Species: | V. largillierti
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| Binomial name | |
| Venerupis largillierti (R. A. Philippi, 1847)
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Venerupis largillierti is a species of marine mollusc, endemic to New Zealand.[2] It is found on all of the main islands and their outlying islets, as well as the Chatham Islands. It was originally described in the genus Venus.[1] It has been found in Tasmania, where it has been introduced.[3] The bivalve is part of a national fishery in Tasmania.[4][5] Some prehistoric archaeological deposits in midden heaps on Enderby Island in the Auckland Islands show that this species was used as a food source, before the site was abandoned in the 14th century.[6]
Description
V. largillierti is yellow-brown[3] or red-white and ferruginous apically.[7] It has coarse ridges on the outer shell, which become coarser apically. When young it has zigzag patterns on the ridges. They are moderately large for their genus (45–65 mm long), elongate and subrectangular, thick and solid, with smooth ventral margin.[8]
Gallery
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Ruditapes largillierti, exterior of a left valve
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Ruditapes largillierti, interior of a left valve
References
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Venerupis largillierti (R. A. Philippi, 1847)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "NZ Mollusca - Venerupis largillierti". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Species". National Introduced Marine Pest Information System. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Jones, H.; Gardner, Caleb (1 January 2016). Small bivalve survey, assessment and stock status update: 2016. Ostrea angasi - Georges Bay Venerupis largillierti - Northern Zone, Georges Bay (Report). University of Tasmania.
- ^ Kent, Greg N.; Maguire, Greg B.; Duthie, Ian; Pugh, Richard (March 1999). "Spawning, settlement, and growth of the New Zealand veneridRuditapes largillierti(Philippi 1849) in culture". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 33 (1): 55–62. Bibcode:1999NZJMF..33...55K. doi:10.1080/00288330.1999.9516856. ISSN 0028-8330.
- ^ Anderson, Atholl; Becerra-Valdivia, Lorena; Cadd, Haidee; Marjo, Christopher E.; Palmer, Jonathan; Turney, Chris; Wilmshurst, Janet M. (October 2024). "The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal". Archaeology in Oceania. 59 (3): 479–494. doi:10.1002/arco.5337. ISSN 0728-4896.
- ^ Menke, Karl Theodor; Pfeiffer, Louis (1844). Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Vol. jahrg 1 - 5 (1844-48). Hannover: Hahn'schen Hofbuchhandlung.
- ^ "Ruditapes largillierti (Philippi, 1847), from Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca".