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  • Subfamily: Coralliophilinae

  • Babelomurex lischkeanus (Dunker, 1882)
    Height 62mm, Width 41mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, On scleractinian corals
    Namibia and Indo-West Pacific, Japan, South China Sea, Philippines and Queensland to Victoria, Australia. Kermadec Islands, north-eastern North Island, and off New Plymouth, from 46-402m
  • Babelomurex nakamigawai (Kuroda, 1959)
    Height 35mm, Width 24mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    South-eastern Africa, southern Japan and New Zealand. Off North Cape, from 470-630m
  • Babelomurex wormaldi (Powell, 1971)
    Height 22mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Philippine Islands and South-West Pacific. Raoul Island and north-eastern North Island as far south as vicinity of White Island, from 162-407m
  • Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)
    Height 26mm, Width 19mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands and north-eastern North Island, as far south as Poor Knights Islands, from 0-70m
  • Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
    Height 30mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 0-27m
  • Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)
    Height 28mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 3-29m
  • Coralliophila sertata (Hedley, 1903)
    Height 22mm, Width 12mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Australia and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 55-805m
  • Coralliophila solutistoma Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966
    Height 27mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Western Pacific, Norfolk Island and North of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, from 142-490m
  • Coralliophila sp. aff. sertata (Hedley, 1903)
    Height 14mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living at low tide level
    Raoul Island, Spirits Bay and Poor Knight Islands, from 0-45m
  • Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 30mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    South Africa, Indo-West Pacific, Australia, Kermadec Islands and north-eastern North Island, as far south as Te Kaha, from 0-23m
  • Emozamia licina (Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
    Height 20mm, Width 14mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Eastern Pacific. New South Wales to Tasmania, Australia, Japan, Philippines and New Zealand. North-eastern North Island, as far south-east as East Cape, from 67-515m
  • Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008
    Height 26mm, Width 15mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern New Caledonia and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Ridge and northern North Island, from 300-850m
  • Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985
    Height 38mm, Width 23mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Japan, New South Wales, and southern Norfolk Ridge, from 514-540m
  • Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern Kermadec Ridge and north-eastern North Island, from 698-1140m
  • Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
    Height 32mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern North Island, from 750-1100m
  • Latiaxis pilsbryi Hirase, 1908
    Width 7.7mm, Height 5.2mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Western Pacific, Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 420m
  • Leptoconchus sp.
    Height 22.3mm, Width 19.4mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific. Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, from 27-29m
  • Magilus sp. cf. antiquus Montfort, 1810
    Width 21mm, Height 18.5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, from 0m
  • Mipus matsumotoi Kosuge, 1985
    Height 26.5mm, Width 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Japan, South Africa and tropical W Pacific. Norfolk Ridge and Kermadec Islands, from 530-567m
  • Rhizochilus sp. cf. antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
    Height 12.7mm, Width 7.9mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific. Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 70m
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