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Species List for Family: Malletiidae
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  • Family: Malletiidae

  • Katadesmia vincula (Dall, 1908)
    Length 10.4mm, Width 5.2mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Challenger Plateau. Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Antarctic Oceans
    KAF
  • Malletia aoteana (B.A. Marshall, 1978)
    Length 14mm, Height 8.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern North Island, north-eastern South Island and western Chatham Rise, in mud 640-1097 metres
    C
  • Malletia galatheae Knudsen, 1970
    Length 18.1mm, Height 10.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Tasman Sea, 3580 metres
    F
  • Neilo annectens Powell, 1931
    Length 42mm, Height 22mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait and eastern South Island as far south as Otago Peninsula, in approx. 160-700 metres
    CF
  • Neilo australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
    Length 42mm, Height 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, northern, south-western and eastern (Banks Peninsula) South Island, and Stewart Island. From approx. 6-450 metres
    ACF
  • Neilo blacki B.A. Marshall, 1978
    Length 36mm, Height 19mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern North Island and north-eastern South Island. Living in mud from approx. 430-2000 metres
    C
  • Neilo wairoana delli B.A. Marshall, 1978
    Length 32mm, Height 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and southern North Island, north-eastern and southern South Island and Chatham Rise. In mud from approx. 180-1000 metres
    ACFM
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