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Taxonomy
Family:
CONDYLOCARDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Condylocardiidae (Family)
> Benthocardiella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Images: Benthocardiella pusilla Powell, 1930
Paratype, dredged off Wanganui, NZ (MA71391). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paratype, dredged off Wanganui, NZ (MA71391). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CONDYLOCARDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Condylocardiidae (Family)
> Benthocardiella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Details: Benthocardiella pusilla Powell, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.8mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, off Patea on west coast and as far south as Mayor Island on east coast, from 18-622m
Type Data:
  • Off Wanganui, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.410)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.533) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil