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  • Family: Siphonariidae

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