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Species List for Family: Turbinidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Turbinidae (Family)
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  • Family: Turbinidae

  • Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
    Width 120mm, Height 60mm
    Circular Saw Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
  • Bolma kermadecensis Beau & Ponder, 1979
    Width 47mm, Height 36mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, 135-210 metres
  • Bolma recens Dell, 1967
    Marine
    Norfolk Islands, Wanganella Bank, and Kiwi Seamount, northern Three Kings Rise
  • Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786)
    Width 124mm, Height 90mm
    Cooks Turban Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands
  • Lunella smaragda (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 91mm, Height 84mm
    Common Cats Eye, Pupu, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island. Also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
  • Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 92mm, Width 90mm
    Southern Cats Eye, Marine, Native - Endemic, Low tide to about 40 metres. More common in the south where it usually grows to a larger size
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
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