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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)
> rakiura (Species)
Images: Benthocardiella rakiura Powell, 1939
Paratype, collected Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA71543). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paratype, collected Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA71543). © 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)
> rakiura (Species)
Details: Benthocardiella rakiura Powell, 1939
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.2mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island. In shell sand
Type Data:
  • Old Neck Beach, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, 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. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.223) 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