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  • Family: Nucinellidae

  • Nucinella maoriana (Hedley, 1904)
    Width 2.5mm, Height 3.3mm, Thickness 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. 10 to over 180 metres
    ACFM
  • Nucinella viridula Kusnetzov & Schileyko, 1984
    Marine
    South Island, Off Otago Peninsula
    C
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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil