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Species List for Family: Capulidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Capuloidea (Superfamily) > Capulidae (Family)
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  • Family: Capulidae

  • Capulus novaezelandiae Dell, 1978
    Length 35mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living on Acesta shells
    Central NZ. Chatham Rise and Campbell Plateau, from 418-435m
  • Trichosirius cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940)
    Height 17.5mm, Width 11.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Western Cook Strait, eastern and south-western South Island, and Stewart Island, from 55-550m
  • Trichosirius inornatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 22mm, Width 14mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-201m
  • Trichosirius octocarinatus Powell, 1931
    Height 6.5mm, Width 4.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-western North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, and Pukaki Rise, from 0-550m
  • Zelippistes benhami (Suter, 1902)
    Length 21mm, Width 9.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, NW of Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-508m
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