Atrina zelandica, one of several species known as the horse mussel, is a large species of saltwater clam in the family Pinnidae, the pen shells. This species is found around New Zealand.[2]
| Atrina zelandica | |
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| A partly broken shell of Atrina zelandica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Family: | Pinnidae |
| Genus: | Atrina |
| Species: | A. zelandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrina zelandica (Gray in Yate, 1835)[1]
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References edit
- ^ Markus Huber (2010). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Atrina zelandica (Gray in Yate, 1835)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ^ V. J. Cummings; S. F. Thrush; J. E. Hewitt; S. J. Turner (1998). "The influence of the pinnid bivalve Atrina zelandica (Gray) on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in soft-sediment habitats". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 228 (2): 227–240. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00028-8.
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