Species List for Family: Limidae
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- Acesta maui B.A. Marshall, 2001
Height 130mm, Width 90mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Norfolk Ridge NW of Cape Reinga, Cook Strait, north-eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands, Bounty Plateau, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise
ACFMAn
- Acesta saginata B.A. Marshall, 2001
Height 95mm, Width 70mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Kermadec Islands, W of Cape Reinga, NW of Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 1000-1400 metres
KA
- Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
Height 7mm, Width 5.5mm
Marine
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and North Island as far south as Mayor Island. Under stones from low tide
A
- Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
Height 10mm, Width 8mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge. Three Kings Islands, northern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise
ACFMAn - 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
- Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Length 36mm, Width 24mm
File Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Southern Norfolk Ridge, NW of Cape Reinga, north-eastern North Island and far northern South Island. Also Japan and South Australia. Under stones from low tide
AC
- Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Width 1.6mm, Height 2.4mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings Islands. Trawled in approx. 20-800 metres
A
- Limatula delli C.A. Fleming, 1978
Height 11mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and Curtis Island. Trawled in approx. 20-800 metres
KA
- Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
Height 40mm, Width 20mm
File Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Sculptured with low crisp radial ribs, well developed over the central area but obsolete at the sides, crossed by dense concentric growth lines
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Shallow water to over 800 metres
ACFMAn
- Limatula powelli C.A. Fleming, 1978
Height 15mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern North Island, Challenger Plateau, Antipodes, Bounty Islands and Chatham Islands. Also New South Wales and South Australia
KAAn
- Limatula raoulica C.A. Fleming, 1978
Height 5mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
NW of Fleetwood Bluff, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
K
- Limatula spinulosa C.A. Fleming, 1978
Height 8.7mm, Width 5.8mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands
K
- Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
Height 11mm, Width 6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Smaller and narrower than maoria. Radial ribs fewer, and grouped posterior to the median ridge
Three Kings, northern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, Pukaki Rise, Bounty Plateau and Chatham Rise. Approx. 15-650 metres
ACFMAn
- Limatula vigilis C.A. Fleming, 1978
Height 7.5mm, Width 4.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. Approx. 20-800 metres
ACFMAn
- Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
Height 12mm, Width 10mm
Marine
Off Macquarie Island 69 metres, Also Magellan Strait to Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands
An
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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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