Species List for Family: Carditidae
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- Carditella delli Crozier, 1966
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga. Trawled in 25-800 metres
A
- Hamacuna aupouria (Powell, 1937)
Width 2.1mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks and Three Kings Islands, from approx. 90-800 metres
A
- Hamacuna gibbosa (Powell, 1937)
Width 2mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from approx. 4-800 metres
A
- Hamacuna otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Height 1.5mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Southern South Island and Stewart Island, from approx. 35-220 metres
F
- Cardita distorta Reeve, 1843
Length 38mm, Width 26mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands. From low tide to about 600 metres
ACFMAn
- Condylocuna concentrica (F. Bernard, 1897)
Width 1mm, Height 1.1mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares and Bounty Islands, and Chatham Islands. 0-420 metres
CFMAn
- Condylocuna mernoo (Dell, 1952)
Width 1.3mm, Height 1.1mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Mernoo Bank, western Chatham Rise. 95 metres
C
- Condylocuna torquata (Marwick, 1928)
Width 1.8mm, Height 1.5mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Off Chatham Islands
MR.Fo. - Cuna carditelloides (Suter, 1911)
Width 2.5mm, Height 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and southern North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise. 60-800 metres
ACFMAn
- Cuna compressidens (Powell, 1933)
Width 1.3mm, Height 1.4mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North-eastern North Island as far south as Tauranga. 18-190 metres
A
- Cuna laqueus (Finlay, 1927)
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Southern South Island and Stewart Island. Low tide to 360 metres
F
- Cuna manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.9mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south as Karikari Peninsula. Approx. 30-800 metres
A - Cuna mayi (Powell, 1930)
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.9mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North-eastern and south-western North Island, and north-western South Island. Approx. 40-300 metres
AC
- Cuna mendica (Dell, 1952)
Width 1.8mm, Height 1.7mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Challenger Plateau, Tasman Sea, in 500-980 metres
C
- Cuna waikukuensis (Powell, 1937)
Height 1.9mm, Width 1.7mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Spirits Bay and Waikuku Beach, northern Northland, trawled in 30-65 metres
A - Pleuromeris benthicola Powell, 1937
Width 2.6mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Cape Karikari. From approx. 40-800 metres
A
- Pleuromeris finlayi Powell, 1938
Marine, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Napier (Pliocene blue clay) and Castlepoint (arenaceous limestone)
Fo.
- Pleuromeris hectori Powell, 1938
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south as Hawkes Bay. From approx. 15-200 metres
AR.Fo. - Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
Width 2.2mm, Height 2.2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank. From approx. 10-90 metres
A
- Pleuromeris marshalli (Marwick, 1924)
Height 6.5mm, Width 6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart, Auckland, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. From approx. 10-800 metres
ACFMAn
- Pleuromeris paucicostata Laws, 1940
Height 9mm, Width 7.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Dredged to around 110 metres
A - Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
Width 8.5mm, Height 7.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Chatham Islands, from approx. 210-600 metres
M
- Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)
Width 10mm, Height 9mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands. Below low tide to approx. 800 metres
ACF
- Powellina brookesi Finlay, 1926
Width 13mm, Height 7mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as East Cape. Under stones at low tide to over 620 metres
A
- Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
Width 45mm, Height 40mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
W of Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, northern and southern South Island, and Stewart, Auckland, Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank. From low tide to approx. 1000 metres
ACFMAn
- Purpurocardia reinga (Powell, 1933)
Width 32mm, Height 24mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, Cook Strait, and north-eastern South Island. From low tide to over 620 metres
AC
Key to 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
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