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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Siphonarimorpha (Superorder) > Siphonariida (Order) > Siphonarioidea (Superfamily) > Siphonariidae (Family)
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  • Family: Siphonariidae

  • Benhamina obliquata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
    Length 66mm, Width 45mm
    Siphon Limpet, Marine, Endemic
    Cook Strait southwards. Stewart and Auckland Islands
    CFAnE.
  • Siphonaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
    Length 32mm, Width 25mm
    Siphon Limpet, Marine, Endemic
    Throughout NZ, including Stewart, Chatham and Snares Islands
    ACFME.
  • Siphonaria innominata (Iredale, 1915)
    Length 27mm, Width 19mm, Height 9mm
    Marine, Endemic, Apex varying from between the posterior fourth and the posterior margin, or even beyond
    Subantarctic Islands. Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
    FAnE.
  • Siphonaria lateralis Gould, 1846
    Length 16mm, Width 10mm, Height 5mm
    Marine, Endemic, Apex within margin of lip
    Macquarie Island. Also Straits of Magellan, Patagonia, Falklands, South Georgia
    AnE.
  • Siphonaria macquariensis (Powell, 1939)
    Marine
    Macquarie Island
    An
  • Siphonaria propria Jenkins, 1983
    Length 19mm, Width 14.5mm
    Siphon Limpet, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Siphonaria raoulensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    KE.
  • Siphonaria stewartiana (Powell, 1939)
    Length 17mm, Width 12mm, Height 7mm
    Marine, Endemic, Apex projecting beyond margin of lip
    Stewart Island, Snares, Bounty Islands. On shaded rock faces near high tide level
    FAnE.
  • Williamia radiata nutata (Hedley, 1908)
    Length 8mm, Width 6mm
    Marine
    Northland NZ and Kermadec Islands
    KA
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil