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Species List for Subfamily: Cantharidinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Trochidae (Family) > Cantharidinae (Subfamily)

  • Subfamily: Cantharidinae

  • Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Width 12mm, Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal, under kelp holdfasts
    Southern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-33m
  • Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
    Height 28mm, Width 20mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Macquarie Island and southern New Zealand. Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Antipodes Islands, from 0-26m
  • Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On kelp from low tide
    North-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-73m
  • Cantharidus festivus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Height 6.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 14-88m
  • Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 8mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal to shallow water
    Chatham Islands, from 0-20m
  • Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 53mm, Width 39mm
    Opal Top Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Littoral to moderate depths
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-121m
  • Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
    Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, from 0-48m
  • Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
    Width 9mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On seaweed covered rocks
    Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands, from 0m
  • Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On algae
    King Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 6-805m
  • Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 35mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On seaweed from low tide
    North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-121m
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray, 1843)
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
    Height 11mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
    North Island living as far north as East Cape, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-446m
  • Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-59m
  • Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern North Island as far north as New Plymouth, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-585m
  • Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
    Height 6mm, Width 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Otago to Stewart Island, Auckland and Snares Islands, from 15-620m
  • Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
    Height 7mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, Macquarie Ridge and Mernoo Bank, from 8-640m
  • Roseaplagis rufozona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and far northern South Island, from 0-550m
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