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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) > Limidae (Family) > Limatula (Genus)
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  • Genus: Limatula

  • Limatula acherontis C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
    Width 1.6mm, Height 2.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings Islands. Trawled in approx. 20-800 metres
    A
  • Limatula delli C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Height 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and Curtis Island. Trawled in approx. 20-800 metres
    KA
  • Limatula insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
    Height 40mm, Width 20mm
    File Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Sculptured with low crisp radial ribs, well developed over the central area but obsolete at the sides, crossed by dense concentric growth lines
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Shallow water to over 800 metres
    ACFMAn
  • Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Limatula powelli C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Height 15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern North Island, Challenger Plateau, Antipodes, Bounty Islands and Chatham Islands. Also New South Wales and South Australia
    KAAn
  • Limatula raoulica C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Height 5mm, Width 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Limatula spinulosa C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Height 8.7mm, Width 5.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
    Height 11mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Smaller and narrower than maoria. Radial ribs fewer, and grouped posterior to the median ridge
    Three Kings, northern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, Pukaki Rise, Bounty Plateau and Chatham Rise. Approx. 15-650 metres
    ACFMAn
  • Limatula vigilis C.A. Fleming, 1978
    Height 7.5mm, Width 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Approx. 20-800 metres
    ACFMAn
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil