Species List for Family: Calliostomatidae
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- Bathyfautor rapuhia B.A. Marshall, 1995
Height 22mm, Width 17mm
Marine
Three Kings Rise, 780-790 metres. Wanganella Bank, southern Norfolk Ridge, 660-790 metres
A - Calliostoma peregrinum B.A. Marshall, 1995
Height 27mm, Width 19mm
Marine
Northern Three Kings Rise, 841 metres. South of Loyalty Islands, 233-340 metres
A - Calliostoma xanthos B.A. Marshall, 1995
Height 19mm, Width 15mm
Marine
Kermadec Islands, 390-490 metres. Off Loyalty Islands, 425 metres
K - Fautor consobrinus Powell, 1958
Height 7.15mm, Width 4.95mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Kermadec Islands, 22-219 metres
K - Maurea alertae (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 31mm, Width 28mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Northland to Bay of Plenty, Chatham Rise, Bounty Plateau and Auckland Islands. Trawled from around 280-850 metres
ACFMAn
- Maurea antipodensis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Length 37mm, Height 34mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Bounty Platform, off Antipodes Islands, 18-103 metres
An
- Maurea aupouriana (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 8.6mm, Width 6.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, Mayor Island, East Cape, 102-128 metres
A
- Maurea benthicola (Dell, 1950)
Width 22mm, Height 21mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Chatham Rise, South Island
C
- Maurea blacki (Powell, 1950)
Height 56mm, Width 56mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
South Island, off Eastern Otago
CFMAn
- Maurea eltanini (Dell, 1990)
Height 33.8mm, Width 32.9mm
Marine
Eltanin Fracture Zone (mid-South Pacific), Chatham Rise, Bollons Seamount (S of Chatham Islands), and southern Tasmania, 890-1450 metres
M
- Maurea eminens B.A. Marshall, 1995
Height 51mm, Width 45mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Antipodes Islands, 13-123 metres
An
- Maurea foveauxana (Dell, 1950)
Height 65mm, Width 60mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
South-eastern South Island, Stewart Island and the Snares, 73-549 metres
F
- Maurea gibbsorum (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 23mm, Width 17mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, 30-102 metres
A
- Maurea granti Powell, 1931
Height 45mm, Width 42mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, south of East Cape, South, Stewart Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands
CFMAn
- Maurea jamiesoni (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 33mm, Width 30mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, northern NZ, 5-128 metres
A
- Maurea maui (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Width 45mm, Height 42mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Cook Strait, NE South Island, Chatham Rise, 140-490 metres
CM
- Maurea megaloprepes Tomlin, 1948
Width 42mm, Height 38mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Macquarie Island, 80-120 metres
An
- Maurea osbornei Powell, 1926
Height 37mm, Width 28mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands and the upper North Island down to Kapiti Island and Mahia
AC
- Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
Height 48mm, Width 44mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Islands, 0-187 metres
ACF
- Maurea penniketi (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 57mm, Width 53mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape. 55-622 metres
A
- Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
Height 52mm, Width 47mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACF
- Maurea regalis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 12.6mm, Width 9.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, 53-805 metres
A
- Maurea selecta (Dillwyn, 1817)
Width 67mm, Height 53mm
Pale Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. 0-293 metres
ACFM
- Maurea simulans (B.A. Marshall, 1994)
Height 61mm, Width 58mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off New Plymouth, off Cape Palliser south to Banks Peninsula, Chatham Rise, and off Bounty and Campbell Islands
CFMAn
- Maurea spectabilis (A. Adams, 1855)
Height 56mm, Width 47mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Auckland and Campbell Islands. 0-146 metres
An
- Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
Height 104mm, Width 97mm
Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Maurea turnerarum Powell, 1964
Width 80mm, Height 58mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, deep water
A
- Maurea waikanae (W.R.B. Oliver, 1926)
Width 57mm, Height 49mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Tristichotrochus gendalli (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Height 17mm, Width 15mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Kermadecs, 366-402 metres
K
- Tristichotrochus tosaensis Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Height 23mm, Width 21mm
Marine
Southern Japan, Philippine Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Loyalty Ridge, Kermadec Islands. 100-501 metres
K - Venustatrochus eclectus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Width 24.1mm, Height 23.7mm
Marine
Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Reinga Ridge, Aotea Seamount, southeast North Island, Chatham Rise, Louisville Ridge and Macquarie Ridge, 750-1287 metres
KA
- Venustatrochus galateae B.A. Marshall, 2016
Height 29mm, Width 28mm
Marine
West Norfolk Ridge, 521-539 metres
K
- Venustatrochus youngi B.A. Marshall, 2016
Height 41.2mm, Width 40.2mm
Marine
Eastern Chatham Rise, east of Chatham Islands, 900-1200 metres
M
- Falsimargarita callista B.A. Marshall, 2016
Height 13mm, Width 12.1mm
Marine
Bounty Plateau, 532-726 metres
An
- Falsimargarita challengerica B.A. Marshall, 2016
Width 6.2mm
Marine
Western slope of Challenger Plateau, 1760-1799 metres
- Falsimargarita tangaroa B.A. Marshall, 2016
Height 22mm, Diameter 16.4mm
Marine
West Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise, 800-1365 metres
A - Fautrix candida B.A. Marshall, 1995
Height 14mm, Width 13mm
Marine
Wanganella Bank, southern Norfolk Ridge, 356 metres. Off Three Kings Islands, 200-805 metres. Also off southern New Caledonia, 470-550 metres
A - Phenacomargarites incomptus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Width 33mm, Height 29.2mm
Marine
Southern Norfolk Ridge and Chatham Rise, 823-1488 metres
KM - Phenacomargarites titan B.A. Marshall, 2016
Height 50mm, Width 49mm
Marine
Southern Norfolk Ridge and Colville Ridge, 526-660 metres
K
- Selastele kopua (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Width 4.9mm, Height 5.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Cape Campbell and off eastern Otago, 424-600 metres
CF
- Selastele limatulum (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
Height 8.0mm, Width 5.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, 91-805 metres
A
- Selastele onustum (Odhner, 1924)
Height 9mm, Width 5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, 55-310 metres
A
- Margarella macquariensis Hedley, 1916
Width 11mm, Height 11mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Macquarie Island, low tide to moderate depths
An
- Carinastele coronata B.A. Marshall, 1988
Width 2.45mm, Height 1.9mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Far North, NW of Three Kings Islands, 805 metres
A
- Carinastele jugosa B.A. Marshall, 1988
Height 15mm, Width 12mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Lord Howe Island to Wanganella Bank and South Cavalli Seamount, and off Puysegur Bank and Auckland Islands. 465-1000 metres
An
- Carinastele kristelleae B.A. Marshall, 1988
Height 10mm, Width 8.7mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Cook Strait and Macquarie Ridge, 126-274 metres
CAn
- Thysanodonta aucklandica B.A. Marshall, 1988
Height 10.5mm, Width 8.2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Auckland and Antipodes Islands, and W Norfolk Ridge, NZ
An - Thysanodonta wairua B.A. Marshall, 1988
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 98-805 metres
A
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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