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Species List for Family: Limapontiidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Sacoglossa (Superorder) > Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily) > Limapontiidae (Family)
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  • Family: Limapontiidae

  • Ercolania boodleae (Baba, 1938)
    Animal 15mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Originally north-western Pacific, from Russia to Hong Kong, and Japan. Recently spread, and now established in the Gulf of California and southern Australia. Now also recorded from northern NZ, from 5m
  • Ercolania felina (Hutton, 1882)
    Animal 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Upper intertidal on green filamentous algae Chaetomorpha. Shell absent
    North and South Islands
  • Limapontia sp.
    Marine, Native - Endemic
  • Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
    Animal 3.5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Subtidal. Shell absent
    Throughout New Zealand, from 0m
  • Stiliger aureomarginatus K.R. Jensen, 1993
    Animal 5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Subtidal
    Indo-West Pacific. Poor Knights Islands, from 5m
  • Sacoproteus smaragdinus Baba, 1949
    Animal 10mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Sublittoral
    West Pacific. Poor Knights Islands, from 0m
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