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  • Genus: Lima

  • Lima zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
    Height 85mm, Width 58mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Cape, south-western North Island, Cook Strait, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank. Dredged from shallow water to around 130 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