Dosinia lambata, or the silky dosinia, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] It lives in depths of up to 60 metres (about 200 feet) and can grow to be 28 millimetres wide.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Dosinia |
| Species: | D. lambata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dosinia lambata (Gould, 1850)
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References edit
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
- ^ Poortman, Peter. "New Zealand Shells: Marine Bivalves". www.nzshells.net.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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