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Species List for Subfamily: Nassariinae
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  • Subfamily: Nassariinae

  • Nassarius aoteanus Finlay, 1926
    Height 36mm, Width 20mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 15-188m
  • Nassarius berniceae Willan & Beechey, 2015
    Height 25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Sublittoral
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-42m
  • Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915)
    Height 28mm, Width 13mm
    Marine
    Northland east coast Cavalli Islands. Also New South Wales, Australia. Subtidal to approximately 77 metres, in sand
  • Nassarius himeroessa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
    Height 6.4mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 402-840m
  • Nassarius nodiferus (Powys, 1835)
    Height 23mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    From Mauritius to China, the New Hebrides, and Kermadec Islands, from 0-530m
  • Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
    Height 25mm, Width 14mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, From immediate sublittoral
    South-eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. Raoul Island, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Great Barrier Island, from 0-30m
  • Tritia burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
    Width 17mm, Height 13mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Living intertidally
    Eastern and southern Australia and northern New Zealand. North-eastern North Island as far south as Auckland, from 0m
  • Tritia ephamilla (R.B. Watson, 1882)
    Height 22mm, Width 12mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, North Island, South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise. Also New South Wales along the eastern coast of Australia to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, from 256-2200m
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