Species List for Family: Charoniidae
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Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Charonia capax Finlay, 1926, =Charonia lampas lampas (Linnaeus, 1758), =Charonia rubicunda (Perry, 1811), =Septa rubicunda Perry, 1811
Height 310mm, Width 150mm, Large Trumpet, Marine
North, South and Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide to about 80 fathoms KACFM- Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Eutritonium tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758), =Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758, =Septa tritonia Perry, 1810, =Triton imbricata W.H.D. Adams, 1868, =Triton marmoratum Link, 1807
Marine
Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, northern Australia, Kermadecs, Occasional empty shells wash ashore on Northland east coast beaches, but not taken alive KA
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