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Species List for Genus: Orbitestella
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass) > Orbitestelloidea (Superfamily) > Orbitestellidae (Family) > Orbitestella (Genus)
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  • Genus: Orbitestella

  • Orbitestella hinemoa Mestayer, 1919
    Width 1.0mm, Height 0.33mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Cook Strait, Fiordland, Otago, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, Snares and Chatham Islands
    CFMAnE.
  • Orbitestella parva (Finlay, 1924)
    Width 0.8mm, Height 0.35mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Throughout New Zealand and southern Islands
    ACFMAnE.
  • Orbitestella toreuma Powell, 1930
    Width 0.74mm, Height 0.27mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil