Felaniella zelandica

Taxobox
name = "Felaniella zelandica"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusc
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Lucinoidea
familia = Ungulinidae
genus = "Felaniella"
species = "F. zelandica"
binomial = "Felaniella zelandica"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1835)
synonyms = "Lucina zelandica" Gray, 1835

"Felaniella zelandica" is a species of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North and South Islands, and the Chatham Islands, of New Zealand.

Habitat

This snail lives from shallow water to depths of about 90 m, buried in sand or gravel.

hell description

The shell is fairly solid, nearly circular, with rather narrowly pointed beaks, and little inflation. Sculpture consists of irregular deep growth lines.

Shell coloration is dull white under a thin light yellowish-brown periostracum. Some examples, particularly from Takapuna, Auckland, are salmon-pink, especially towards the hinge.

The shell height is up to 25 mm, width up to 26 mm, and thickness up to 14 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Morley, M. S., "Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand", New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 2004 ISBN 1-86966-044-7