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  • Family: Nacellidae

  • Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
    Length 35mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands. On intertidal rocks
    K
  • Cellana denticulata (Martyn, 1784)
    Length 84mm, Width 70mm, Height 35mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and northland to Kaikoura. More common in the south
    AC
  • Cellana flava (Hutton, 1873)
    Length 60mm, Width 50mm, Height 25mm
    Golden Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic, On low-mid tidal mudstone rocks
    From eastern Bay of Plenty to Otago
    CF
  • Cellana oliveri Powell, 1955
    Length 65mm, Width 50mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham, Antipodes and Bounty Islands
    MAn
  • Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
    Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 12mm
    Ornate Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic, On mid tidal rocks
    North, South and Stewart Island
    ACF
  • Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
    Length 51mm, Width 45mm, Height 20mm
    Radiate Limpet, Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island. Common in the intertidal zone
    ACFR.Fo.
  • Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)
    Length 70mm, Width 55mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Below low tide
    North, South and Stewart Island
    ACF
  • Cellana strigilis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
    Length 80mm, Width 68mm, Height 32mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On mid tidal rocks
    Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, and the east coast of the South Island up to Kaikoura. Also Auckland, Snares and Campbell Islands
    CFAn
  • 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 macquariensis Finlay, 1926
    Length 60mm, Width 48mm
    Marine
    Macquarie, Heard an Auckland Islands
    An
  • Nacella terroris (Filhol, 1880)
    Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Campbell Islands. On rocks at low tide
    An
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