| Taxon | Panopea smithae |
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| Authority | Quoy and Gaimard, 1835 |
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Panopea smithae is a species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the Panopea (geoduck) genus of the family Hiatellidae, found in the waters surrounding New Zealand.[2] While its relative Panopea zelandica lives in shallow waters, P. smithae lives in deeper waters, ranging from deep harbours to the outer continental shelf.[3]
References
- ^ Wikidata item Q58676707
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- ^ Beu, A.G. & Raine, J.I. (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990).. GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27. GNS Science. ISBN 978-0-478-19705-1. ISSN 1177-2441
- Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1