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Species List for Family: Terebratellidae
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  • Family: Terebratellidae

  • Calloria inconspicua (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)
    Width 26mm
    Red Lamp Shell, Marine, Endemic
    Throughout New Zealand, including Chatham Islands, 0-40 metres
    ACFME.
  • Calloria variegata Cooper & Doherty, 1993
    Length 25mm
    Marine, Endemic, Cream with red dashes arranged in 3 longitudinal bands
    Northern North Island, 10-60 metres. Usually offshore islands or exposed situations
    AE.
  • Neothyris lenticularis (Deshayes, 1839)
    Length 60mm
    Marine
    Southern South Island and Chatham Islands, 10-600 metres
    FM
  • Terebratella sanguinea (Leach, 1814)
    Length 42mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Throughout NZ, 25-35 metres
    ACFE.
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