Barnea similis

Barnea similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Myoida
Family:	Pholadidae
Genus:	Barnea
Species:	B. similis
Binomial name
Barnea similis (Gray, 1835)

Barnea similis, a rock borer or piddock, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.

Barnea similis inside view, showing a shelly projection near the hinge

References

• 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 85467 054 8
• Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973