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Species List for Genus: Purpurocardia
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Venericardiinae (Subfamily) > Purpurocardia (Genus)
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  • Genus: Purpurocardia

  • 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
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