Benthocardiella ituartei Güller & Zelaya, 2022
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Family:  Condylocardiidae ()
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Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 30 - 271 m
Distribution:  Southeast Atlantic: Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados and Burdwood Bank.
Diagnosis:  Shell small, ca. 0.62 mm maximum length, ovate-trigonal, flat, equivalve. Prodissoconch posteriorly projected. Hinge plate narrow. Resilifer minute. Right valve: tooth immediately behind the resilifer (proximal posterior tooth), massive. Left valve: anteriormost tooth (distal anterior tooth), narrowly elongated.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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