Zenatia acinaces (Quoy & Gaimard 1835)

with fairly orange triangle shell and broken Resania

aka Long Trough Shell. Usually found dull white with most of periostracum missing. Rather thin and brittle. Prone to breaking at skirt end or neatly along a growth ring.

100mm long. Peraro, Pipi roa. Not very common here.

aka Long Trough Shell. Usually found dull white with most of periostracum missing. Rather thin and brittle. Prone to breaking at skirt end or neatly along a growth ring.

100mm long. Peraro, Pipi roa. Not very common here.

82mm with pipi rahi, trough, triangle, ostrich, paddle, sunset, stones, mud, tuatua, angled wedge

9 Zenatia acinaces, 8 with both valves connected to each other, 1 pair separated. I have only found single valves before, and one at a time, occasionally 2, not a pair. Along ~400m, a lot of small driftwood, a little black sand, with Elephant fish egg cases, many Paddle crab carapaces, many; whole 2 Dosinia, Triangle, murchisoni, angled wedge, Resania, Tuatua, Mussels green, clumps 2, Horse mussels, a few cockle, oyster black, pink sunset, ovata, ostrich foot 2, Offadesma angasi 1 broken, Sea tulips, Sand dollar, sponge, several bull kelp holdfasts, no fronds, some neptune's necklace, some red algae, kowhai seed, little red eggs? bird bones, some man-made rubbish

9 Zenatia acinaces, 8 with both valves connected to each other, 1 pair separated. I have only found single valves before, and one at a time, occasionally 2, not a pair. Along ~400m, a lot of small driftwood, a little black sand, with Elephant fish egg cases, many Paddle crab carapaces, many; whole 2 Dosinia, Triangle, murchisoni, angled wedge, Resania, Tuatua, Mussels green, clumps 2, Horse mussels, a few cockle, oyster black, pink sunset, ovata, ostrich foot 2, Offadesma angasi 1 broken, Sea tulips, Sand dollar, sponge, several bull kelp holdfasts, no fronds, some neptune's necklace, some red algae, kowhai seed, little red eggs? bird bones, some man-made rubbish

New Zealand, Nelson, Rabbit Island, washed ashore after cyclone, collected 25th April 1975, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker

Summary[edit] Description: Taxonomic Name : Zenatia acinaces Common Name : Scimitar-shaped Mactra; Pipi Roa Accession Number : Ma33175 Part of the Marine collection For more details visit www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019. Date: 2 August 2018, 12:39. Source: Zenatia acinaces (Scimitar-shaped Mactra; Pipi Roa). Author: Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Summary[edit] Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835). Title: Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835). Object type: Classification: 63348 Zenatia acinaces (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Date: Unknown dateUnknown date. Collection: Auckland War Memorial Museum . . Native name: Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Coordinates: 36° 51′ 37″ S, 174° 46′ 40″ E . Established: October 25, 1852. Web page: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/. Authority control: : Q758657 VIAF: 138202601 ISNI: 0000 0001 2174 295X ULAN: 500281217 LCCN: no99028491 NLA: 35670621 WorldCat. institution QS:P195,Q758657. Accession number: MA33175. Place of creation: New Zealand; NZ Marine Region; Bay of Plenty; Tauranga; NZ Marine Region/Bay of Plenty/Tauranga. Source/Photographer: API data Catalogue record Photo. Permission(Reusing this file): This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. Other versions: Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-1).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-2).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-3).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-6).jpg.

Summary[edit] Description: Taxonomic Name : Zenatia acinaces Common Name : Scimitar-shaped Mactra; Pipi Roa Accession Number : Ma33175 Part of the Marine collection For more details visit www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019. Date: 2 August 2018, 12:45. Source: Zenatia acinaces (Scimitar-shaped Mactra; Pipi Roa). Author: Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Summary[edit] Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835). Title: Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835). Object type: Classification: 63348 Zenatia acinaces (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). Date: Unknown dateUnknown date. Collection: Auckland War Memorial Museum . . Native name: Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Coordinates: 36° 51′ 37″ S, 174° 46′ 40″ E . Established: October 25, 1852. Web page: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/. Authority control: : Q758657 VIAF: 138202601 ISNI: 0000 0001 2174 295X ULAN: 500281217 LCCN: no99028491 NLA: 35670621 WorldCat. institution QS:P195,Q758657. Accession number: MA33175. Place of creation: New Zealand; NZ Marine Region; Bay of Plenty; Tauranga; NZ Marine Region/Bay of Plenty/Tauranga. Source/Photographer: API data Catalogue record Photo. Permission(Reusing this file): This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. Other versions: Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-1).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-2).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-3).jpg Zenatia acinaces (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) (AM MA33175-6).jpg.