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Panopea zelandica (Deepwater Clam)

Synonyms: Panopaea zelandica; Panopea solandri

Wikipedia Abstract

Panopea zelandica, commonly known as the Deepwater Clam or New Zealand geoduck (geoduck), is a large species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Hiatellidae. Panopea zelandica is also sometimes called a King Clam or a Gaper in reference to the shell not being closed at either end. It can be found around the North, South and Stewart islands and occurs mainly in shallow waters (5–25 metres) in sand and mud off sandy ocean beaches. Another geoduck species (Panopea smithae) is found in deeper New Zealand waters.
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Predators

Mustelus lenticulatus (Gummy shark)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0