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Species List for Family: Ancillariidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Olivoidea (Superfamily) > Ancillariidae (Family)
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  • Family: Ancillariidae

  • Amalda australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
    Height 52mm, 23mm
    Southern Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic, Often found on sandy flats in harbours
    North Island and northern part of South Island down to Banks Peninsula. From low tide to about 20 metres, in sand
  • Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
    Height 37mm, Width 19mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off eastern Otago, South Island, and off subantarctic islands
  • Amalda benthicola (Dell, 1956)
    Height 22mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Trawled 350-600 metres
  • Amalda depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
    Height 20mm, Width 12mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and northern part of South Island
  • Amalda mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
    Height 62mm, Width 26mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic, Narrower and paler in colouration than A.australis
    North Island and northern part of South Island from low water to approx. 450 metres
  • Amalda northlandica (Hart, 1995)
    Height 19mm, Width 9mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    NE North Island, shallow
  • Amalda novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
    Height 18mm, Width 7mm
    Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and north part of South Island, and Chatham Rise, from shallow water to approx. 550 metres
  • Amalda raoulensis (Powell, 1967)
    Height 56mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands to Colville Ridge, north of NZ. Dead specimens washed up on beaches, and to 274 metres
  • Amalda southlandica (Fleming, 1948)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Fiordland
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