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Species List for Family: Ranellidae
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  • Family: Ranellidae

  • Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
    Height 123mm, Width 71mm
    Australasian Trumpet, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, On rocks from low tide to moderate depths
    Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, and South Africa. In Australia, from Tin Can Bay, Qld, to Houtman Abrolhos, WA, including Tasmania. NZ North, South and Chatham Islands
    KACFM
  • Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Height 200mm, Width 100mm
    Marine, Trawled from around 40 to over 400 metres
    Off North, South and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
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