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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Charoniidae (Family) > Charonia (Genus)
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  • Genus: Charonia

  • Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Height 310mm, Width 150mm
    Large Trumpet, Marine
    North, South and Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide to about 80 fathoms
    KACFM
  • Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Marine
    Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, northern Australia, Kermadecs, Occasional empty shells wash ashore on Northland east coast beaches, but not taken alive
    KA
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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil