Felaniella rakiura

Taxobox
name = "Felaniella rakiura"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusc
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Lucinoidea
familia = Ungulinidae
genus = "Felaniella"
species = "F. rakiura"
binomial = "Felaniella rakiura"
binomial_authority = (Powell A. W. B., 1939)
synonyms = "Zemysia rakiura" Powell A. W. B., 1939

"Felaniella rakiura" is a species of small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands, of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell is much smaller than "Felaniella zelandica", with a smoother surface and the beaks nearer to the anterior end.

The shell height is up to 9 mm, width up to 10 mm, and thickness (of one valve) up to 2.75 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1