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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Naticinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Naticinae

  • Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 37mm
    Marine
    Indo-West Pacific, Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874)
    Height 20mm, Width 17mm
    Moon Snail, Marine
    Central Indian Ocean to Eastern Australia and the Philippines. NZ, Northland to Auckland
    KA
  • Notocochlis gualtieriana (Récluz, 1844)
    Height 30mm, Width 22mm
    Moon Snail, Marine
    W Pacific, Kermadec Islands. Northland. Far North to Whangarei Heads, from low tide
    KA
  • Proxiuber australe (Hutton, 1878)
    Height 7mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland. Three Kings Islands to East Cape
    AE.
  • Proxiuber hulmei Powell, 1954
    Height 5mm, Width 5mm
    Marine, Endemic, Shell smaller than australe, and proportionately wider, with a distinctive colour pattern of two broad spiral series of reddish-brown maculations on a white ground
    Northland to Gisborne
    ACE.
  • Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
    Height 35mm, Width 32mm
    Necklace Shell, Moon Snail, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Bounty Islands
    ACFMAnE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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