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  • Subfamily: Cantharidinae

  • Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Width 12mm, Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, Otago to Stewart Island, Snares, Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Under kelp holdfasts
  • Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
    Height 28mm, Width 20mm
    Marine
    Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
  • Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. On kelp at low tide to about 5 metres
  • Cantharidus festivus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Height 6.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, Far North, 13-88 metres
  • Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 8mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands, intertidal to shallow water
  • Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 53mm, Width 39mm
    Opal Top Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Littoral to moderate depths
  • Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
    Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Distinct flattened base and wide umbilicus
    South Island
  • Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
    Width 9mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands. On seaweed covered rocks
  • Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 5-33 metres on algae. Middlesex Bank and King Bank, 7-805 metres
  • Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bay of Islands south, and Stewart Island. 0-7 metres, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
  • Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 35mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island. On seaweed at low tide to about 120 metres
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray, 1843)
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
    Height 11mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
    Southern North Island, South and Stewart Island. Under stones in coastal regions
  • Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
  • Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern North Island to Stewart Island
  • Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
    Height 6mm, Width 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Otago to Stewart Island, Snares Islands
  • Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
    Height 7mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island. From Otago south to Stewart Island. Chatham, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands. In beach drift. Living at 10-244 metres
  • Roseaplagis rufozona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island to Cook Strait. In shell sand
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