Species List for Family: Chilodontaidae
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- Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Height 13mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Endemic
Deep water off Cook Strait. Nicholson Canyon, off Turakirae Head
CE.
- Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
Width 5mm, Height 5mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island and Chatham Islands
CE.
- Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
Height 6.5mm, Width 6.5mm
Marine, Endemic, Common under stones at low tide, often covered by a bright red or orange sponge
North Island, northern South Island and Chatham Islands
ACME.
- Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937
Height 3.5mm, Width 3.0mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands to Northland
AE. - Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
Height 4.9mm, Width 5.0mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island, Northland to Mahia
ACE.
- Herpetopoma pruinosum (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
Height 3.3mm, Width 2.85mm
Marine, Endemic
E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island
KE.
- Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
Height 5.5mm, Width 5.3mm
Marine
Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
K
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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