Taxonomic Checklist
Phylum:
Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) are being added to the checklist and photo sections of the website. This is to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Rhynchonelliformea (Subphylum) > Rhynchonellata (Class)
Class: RHYNCHONELLATA
Rhynchonellida
Notosaria Cooper, 1959 (N. nigricans (Sowerby, 1846))
nigricans (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) F.M.E.
Terebratulida
Dallina Beecher, 1893 (Terebratula septigera Lovén, 1846)
raphaelis (Dall, 1870) A.C.F.M.
Calloria Cooper & Lee, 1993 (C. inconspicua (Sowerby, 1846)) =Waltonia Davidson, 1850
Neothyris Douville, 1879 (Terebratula lenticularis Deshayes, 1839)
lenticularis (Deshayes, 1839) =compressa Neall, =dawsoni Neall, =gaudichaudii Gray, =obtusa Thomson, =parva Cooper F.M. photo
Terebratella d'Orbigny, 1847 (T. chilensis Broderip, 1833) =Magasella Dall, 1870
sanguinea (Leach, 1814) =evansii Davidson, =haurakiensis Allan A.C.F.E.
Liothyrella Thomson, 1916 (Terebratula uva Broderip, 1833)
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil