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  • Family: Ancillariidae

  • Amalda australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
    Height 52mm, 23mm
    Southern Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic, Often found on sandy flats in harbours
    North Island and northern part of South Island down to Banks Peninsula. From low tide to about 20 metres, in sand
    AC
  • Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
    Height 37mm, Width 19mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off eastern Otago, South Island, and off subantarctic islands
    FAn
  • Amalda benthicola (Dell, 1956)
    Height 22mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Trawled 350-600 metres
    FMAn
  • Amalda depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
    Height 20mm, Width 12mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and northern part of South Island
    AC
  • Amalda mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
    Height 62mm, Width 26mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic, Narrower and paler in colouration than A.australis
    North Island and northern part of South Island from low water to approx. 450 metres
    AC
  • Amalda northlandica (Hart, 1995)
    Height 19mm, Width 9mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    NE North Island, shallow
    A
  • Amalda novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
    Height 18mm, Width 7mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and north part of South Island, and Chatham Rise, from shallow water to approx. 550 metres
    ACM
  • Amalda raoulensis (Powell, 1967)
    Height 56mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands to Colville Ridge, north of NZ. Dead specimens washed up on beaches, and to 274 metres
    KA
  • Amalda southlandica (Fleming, 1948)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Fiordland
    F
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