Species List for Family: Nacellidae
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Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
Length 35mm, Width 28mm, Marine, Endemic
Kermadec Islands. On intertidal rocks KE.
Cellana denticulata (Martyn, 1784)
Length 70mm, Width 60mm, Height 30mm, Marine, Endemic
Three Kings Islands and northland to Kaikoura. More common in the south ACE.
Cellana flava (Hutton, 1873)
Length 60mm, Width 50mm, Height 25mm, Golden Limpet, Marine, Endemic
From eastern Bay of Plenty to Otago CFE.
Cellana oliveri Powell, 1955
Length 65mm, Width 50mm, Marine, Endemic
Chatham, Antipodes and Bounty Islands MAnE.
Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 12mm, Ornate Limpet, Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island. On mid tidal rocks ACFE.
Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
Length 50mm, Width 45mm, Height 20mm, Radiate Limpet, Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island. Common in the intertidal zone ACFR.Fo.E.
Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)
Length 70mm, Width 55mm, Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island. Below low tide ACFE.
Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Length 75mm, Width 65mm, Height 30mm, Marine, Endemic
Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikoura. Also Auckland, Snares and Campbell Islands. On mid tidal rocks CFAnE.- Nacella kerguelenensis (E.A. Smith, 1879)
Length 80mm, Width 65mm, Marine, Macquarie Island record based on 4 beach worn shells found in 1914, which may have drifted there on floating kelp
Macquarie Island. Also Kerguelen & Heard Island An 
Nacella terroris (Filhol, 1880)
Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 25mm, Marine, Endemic
Campbell Islands. On rocks at low tide AnE.
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil