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  • Family: Dentaliidae

  • Antalis diarrhox (R.B. Watson, 1879)
    Length 20mm, Diameter 2.3mm
    Tusk Shell, Marine, Endemic
    North east of East Cape 1280 metres, Chatham Rise and Tasman Sea
    ACME.
  • Antalis glaucarena Dell, 1953
    Length 26mm, Diameter 2.5mm
    Tusk Shell, Marine, Endemic
    Chatham Rise 350-550 metres, and Chatham Islands 600 metres
    CME.
  • Antalis nana Hutton, 1873
    Length 48mm, Diameter 4mm
    Tusk Shell, Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
    North, South, Chatham and Three Kings Islands
    ACFMAnR.Fo.E.
  • Antalis suteri (Emerson, 1954)
    Length 40mm, Diameter 4mm
    Tusk Shell, Marine, Endemic
    South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    CFME.
  • Fissidentalium zelandicum (Sowerby, 1860)
    Length 101mm, Diameter 11mm
    Tusk Shell, 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