Species List for Family: Fissurellidae
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- Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
Length 20mm, Width 15mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, 10-800 metres. Also off Taranaki
AC
- Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
Length 33mm, Width 24mm
Keyhole Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic
South Island and Snares Islands. In beach drift and trawled
F
- Monodilepas monilifera carnleyensis Powell, 1955
Length 14mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Auckland Islands
An
- Monodilepas monilifera cookiana Dell, 1953
Length 11.5mm, Width 8.0mm, Height 3.1mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Mahia to Cook Strait
C
- Monodilepas otagoensis Finlay, 1930
Length 10.0mm, Width 8.1mm, Height 2.2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago
F
- Cornisepta festiva Crozier, 1966
Height 5.5mm, Length 5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North of Three Kings Islands
A
- Emarginula striatula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Length 33mm, Width 17mm
Slit Limpet, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Chathams, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands. In beach drift and living below low tide
ACFMAn
- Fissurisepta manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
Length 1.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands
A - Scutus breviculus (Blainville, 1817)
Length 103mm, Width 51mm
Shield Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACF
- Tugali colvillensis Finlay, 1926
Length 26mm, Width 15mm, Height 9mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North and South Islands
ACF
- Tugali elegans Gray, 1843
Length 55mm, Width 31mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern part of North Island and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Tugali stewartiana Powell, 1939
Length 57mm, Width 18mm, Height 10mm
Native - Endemic, Less tapered anteriorly, and has much coarser sculpture - fewer, broader and flatter radials, fewer and stronger concentric ridges
Stewart Island and Foveaux Strait
F
- Tugali suteri (Thiele, 1917)
Length 15mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Anal fasciole consists of two radial ribs, compared to three in T. elegans
North Island, Cook Strait and Chatham Islands
ACM
- Tugali suteri sutherlandi Fleming, 1948
Length 15mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Radial ribs alternate in strength, and concentric riblets are much weaker, causing slight beading of the radials
Fiordland, South Island
F - Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900)
Length 1.8mm, Height 1.0mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Australia, Tweed Heads, NSW, to Cape Wiles, SA. New Zealand, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island and Snares Islands. Also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
FMAn
- Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
Length 12mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Wellington, Kaikoura, Chatham Islands
CM
- Puncturella pseudanaloga Powell, 1957
Length 11.0mm, Width 7.7mm, Height 6.1mm
Marine
Macquarie Island, off Lusitania Bay, 69 metres
An - Zeidora antarctica Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2011
Length 16mm
Marine
603 metres, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
An 
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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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