| site | site # (info) | collection date | kind | depth | substrate | salin | comments | reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Otago Peninsula, S. New Zealand, SW Pacific | 36 | 15 and 18 Feb 2000 | type locality | intertidal | fairly clean, fine sand, grey at the surface 1 cm but black between and below the cockles | samples SI 10 and SI 16: just inside the entrance to Papanui Inlet, a large, narrow-mouthed bay that falls dry at low tide and contains dense aggregations of the cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi. | Sterrer, W. (2006): |