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Species List for Family: Charoniidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Charoniidae (Family)

  • Family: Charoniidae

  • Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Height 310mm, Width 150mm
    Large Trumpet, Marine
    Worldwide in temperate seas. Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-205m
  • Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Marine
    Indo-Pacific, East Africa to Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, northern Australia, Kermadecs, Occasional empty shells wash ashore on Northland east coast beaches, but not taken alive
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