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Species List for Family: Semelidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Cardiida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Semelidae (Family)
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  • Family: Semelidae

  • Abra profundorum (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Length 26mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Kermadec Ridge. Also N Atlantic, Indian, W and central Pacific, including the Tasman Sea
  • Ervilia bisculpta Gould, 1861
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and Kermadec Islands
  • Leptomya retiaria (Hutton, 1885)
    Width 20mm, Height 15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands
  • Leptomya retiaria aucklandica Powell, 1955
    Width 32mm, Height 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 7-10 metres
  • Rochefortina sandwichensis (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands
  • Semele vestalis (Reeve, 1853)
    Width 32mm, Height 31mm
    Marine, Known from a single specimen, presumably introduced
    North Island
  • Theora lubrica Gould, 1861
    Width 10mm, Height 6mm
    Marine, Non-indigenous, Colour whitish, almost transparent
    Northern North Island, far northern South Island and Banks Peninsula. Asia. Adventive in New Zealand and California
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