Species List for Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
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Click here to filter list on Geographical RangeSubfamily: Coralliophilinae
- Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
Height 62mm, Width 41mm
Marine, On scleractinian corals
North Island, Outer Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty and New Plymouth. Also Japan, South China Sea, Philippines and Queensland to Victoria, Australia
KA
- Babelomurex nakamigawai (Kuroda, 1959)
Height 35mm, Width 24mm
Marine
Cavalli Seamount, ENE of North Cape, 470-480 metres. Also off Japan, South China Sea, Philippines and Australia
A - Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
Height 22mm, Width 18mm
Marine
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also Kermadec Islands, Philippine Islands and South-West Pacific. Approximately 160-650 metres
A
- Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)
Height 26mm, Width 19mm
Marine
Kermadec Islands. Off Poor Knights Islands, Northland
KA
- Coralliophila sertata (Hedley, 1903)
Height 22mm, Width 12mm
Marine
Off Three Kings Islands and Northland to East Cape
KA - Coralliophila solutistoma Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966
Height 27mm, Width 16mm
Marine
Kermadec Islands
K - Coralliophila sp. aff. sertata (Hedley, 1903)
Height 14mm, Width 8mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Kermadec Islands and northern NZ
KA
- Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Height 30mm, Width 21mm
Marine
South Africa, Indo-West Pacific, Australia, Kermadec Islands and Northland east coast
KA
- Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
Height 20mm, Width 14mm
Marine
Northland to Bay of Plenty. Also New South Wales to Tasmania, Australia, Japan, Philippines
A
- Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008
Height 26mm, Width 15mm
Marine
Norfolk Ridge, 276-513 metres. NW of Cape Reinga, Far North, 570-580 metres. Cavalli Seamount, ENE of North Cape, 840-850 metres
KA
- Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985
Height 38mm, Width 23mm
Marine
Japan and Australia. Southern Norfolk Ridge, NW of Cape Reinga, Far North, 514-540 metres
A
- Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
Height 26mm, Width 16mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Southern Kermadec Ridge, 698-1140 metres. Off Hokianga, 1029-1074 metres
KA - Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
Height 32mm, Width 17mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Gisborne, 750-913 metres. E of Mercury Island, 990-1100 metres. Southern Kermadec Ridge, 712-924 metres
A - Latiaxis pilsbryi Hirase, 1908
Width 7.7mm, Height 5.2mm
Marine
Western Pacific, Kermadec Islands, 366-422 metres
K - Magilus sp. cf. antiquus Montfort, 1810
Width 21mm, Height 18.5mm
Marine
Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, beach
K - Mipus matsumotoi Kosuge, 1985
Height 26.5mm, Width 11.5mm
Marine
Southern Japan, South Africa and tropical W Pacific. Norfolk Ridge and Kermadec Islands, 465-756 metres
K
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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