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Species List for Subfamily: Peristerniinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Fasciolariidae (Family) > Peristerniinae (Subfamily)

  • Subfamily: Peristerniinae

  • Taron albocostus Ponder, 1968
    Height 15mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 18-233m
  • Taron dubius (Hutton, 1878)
    Height 22mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Animal is bright red
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, and northern South Island, from 0-310m
  • Taron mouatae Powell, 1940
    Height ~40mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland offshore islands
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