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  • Family: Nacellidae

  • Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
    Length 35mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On intertidal rocks
    Kermadec Islands, from 0m
  • Cellana denticulata (Martyn, 1784)
    Length 84mm, Width 70mm, Height 35mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, More common in south
    Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga and Cape Maria van Diemen, eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Kaikoura Peninsula, from 0m
  • 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
  • Cellana oliveri Powell, 1955
    Length 65mm, Width 50mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham, Antipodes and Bounty Islands
  • Cellana ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
    Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 12mm
    Ornate Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic, On mid tidal rocks
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • 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
  • Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)
    Length 70mm, Width 55mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Below low tide
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nacella macquariensis Finlay, 1926
    Length 60mm, Width 48mm
    Marine
    Macquarie, Heard an Auckland Islands
  • Nacella terroris (Filhol, 1880)
    Length 50mm, Width 40mm, Height 25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Campbell Islands. On rocks at low tide
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