Species List for Family: Littorinidae
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- Risellopsis varia (Hutton, 1873)
Width 8mm, Height 6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Very common on upper tidal rocks
Throughout North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Laevilitorina antipodum (Filhol, 1880)
Height 4.5mm, Width 3.0mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Campbell Islands
An - Laevilitorina aucklandica (Powell, 1933)
Width 1.75mm, Height 1.4mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Stewart, Chatham and Auckland Islands
CAn
- Laevilitorina bifasciata Suter, 1913
Height 5.0mm, Width 3.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Antipodes Islands
An - Laevilitorina caliginosa (Gould, 1849)
Height 5.7mm, Width 3.1mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands
An - Laevilitorina delli (Powell, 1955)
Height 2.5mm, Width 2.0mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Antipodes Islands
An
- Laevilitorina hamiltoni (E.A. Smith, 1898)
Height 3mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Macquarie Island - Laevilitorina macphersonae (Dell, 1964)
Height 3mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Macquarie Island
An - Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
Height 19mm, Width 12mm
Blue Periwinkle, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
KACFM
- Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Height 24mm, Width 13mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Periwinkle
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Snares and Auckland Islands
ACFMAn
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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