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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
Geographical Range:
F
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil