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Species List for Subfamily: Erosariinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Erosariinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Erosariinae

  • Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    Length 33mm, Width 20mm
    Poor Knights Cowrie, Marine
    Northland. Cape Maria van Diemen to Poor Knights Islands. Also Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands and New South Wales, Australia, from 0-46m
  • Naria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Length 24mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul). Beach shells
  • Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Length 43mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    The entire Indo-West Pacific region, from east Africa to the Cocos Islands, off Central America. Australia and Kermadec Islands (beach shells)
  • Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Length 20mm
    Money Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Entire tripical Indian and Pacific Oceans, from east Africa to central America, including northern Australia and Kermadec Islands (beach shells)
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