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Species List for Family: Spheniopsidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Anomalodesmata (Superorder) > Cuspidarioidea (Superfamily) > Spheniopsidae (Family)
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  • Family: Spheniopsidae

  • Grippina acherontis B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 2.4mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Patea, south-western North Island, 40 metres
    CE.
  • Grippina aupouria (Powell, 1937)
    Width 3.5mm, Height 2.7mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 260 metres
    AE.
  • Grippina globosa B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 100-550 metres
    AE.
  • Grippina pumila B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 2.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Puysegur Point, south-western South Island, and southern Stewart Island, 55-183 metres
    FE.
  • Grippina punctata B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 2.1mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands and off northern tip of Northland, 53-805 metres
    AE.
  • Grippina rex B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 5.1mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 91-805 metres
    AE.
  • Grippina spirata B.A. Marshall, 2002
    Width 2.05mm
    Marine, Endemic
    East of Three Kings Islands and off Spirits Bay, 63-200 metres
    AE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil