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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)
> striatula (Species)
Images: Benthocardiella striatula Powell, 1931
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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)
> striatula (Species)
Details: Benthocardiella striatula Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.6mm, Height 0.6mm
Distribution:
Off Auckland Islands, trawled in 155 metres
Type Data:
  • 155 metres, NNE of Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.410)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Descriptions of some new species of recent Mollusca, mainly from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.371) 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