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Kōrero: Shellfish

Shellfish classes

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Shellfish classes

The diagram shows the main classes of shellfish (found both in New Zealand and worldwide), and the easily identifiable features of each class.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Bruce Mahalski

Source: Margaret S. Morley, A photographic guide to seashells in New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland, 2004

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shellfish – The mollusc family, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/8013/shellfish-classes (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.