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Species List for Family: Nuculidae
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  • Family: Nuculidae

  • Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm, Thickness 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Challenger Plateau, from 572-1760m
  • Austronucula schencki Powell, 1939
    Height 1.0mm, Width 1.15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and southern North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-121m
  • Ennucula strangei (A. Adams, 1856)
    Width 13mm, Height 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and south-western North Island and far northern South Island, from 11-356m
  • Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
    Width 5.6mm, Height 4.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 293-1194m
  • Linucula hartvigiana (Dohrn, 1864)
    Width 8mm, Height 7mm, Thickness 5.6mm
    Nut Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on Zostera, sea-grass flats
    North Island and northern South Island, from 0-100m
  • Linucula recens Dell, 1956
    Width 6.4mm, Height 4mm, Thickness 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and eastern North Island, eastern South Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 196-1289m
  • Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930
    Height 1.6mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island, from 20-120m
  • Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
    Height 1.8mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island from Kaikoura southwards, Stewart Island and Snares Islands
  • Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916)
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island
  • Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856
    Height 8mm, Width 8mm, Thickness 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings, North, South and Stewart Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 0-430m
  • Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
    Height 4.5mm, Width 4.8mm, Thickness 2.9mm
    Marine
    Bay of Plenty, North Island
  • Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930
    Width 5.8mm, Height 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, from 8-183m
  • Pronucula bollonsi Powell, 1955
    Height 2mm, Width 2.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 10-180 metres
  • Pronucula kermadecensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-82m
  • Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
    Height 1.5mm, Width 1.8mm, Thickness 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and off Spirits Bay, from 48-252m
  • Pronucula tenuis Powell, 1927
    Width 1.5mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Height 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and southern North Island, southern South Island and Stewart Island, from 9-530m
  • Varinucula gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
    Width 9.8mm, Height 8.7mm, Thickness 4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, eastern and south-western South Island and Chatham Islands, from 15-459m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil