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Species List for Genus: Sigapatella
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Sigapatella (Genus)
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  • Genus: Sigapatella

  • Sigapatella novaezelandiae (Lesson, 1831)
    Length 42mm, Height 25mm
    Circular Slipper Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-420m
  • Sigapatella spadicea Boshier, 1961
    Length 21mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate/shells Spinose surface periostracum/epidermis
    North, South and Stewart Island, from 4-533m
  • Sigapatella superstes Fleming, 1958
    Length 30mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Granulose surface pattern
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as The Aldermen Islands, from 0-805m
  • Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867)
    Length 23mm, Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate. Oblique spiral threads on the teleoconch, smooth periostracum when not worn off
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-604m
  • Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
    Length 34mm, Height 20mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living attached to hard substrate,
    Off Three Kings Islands, Far North and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape, from 0-622m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil