Species List for Family: Arcidae
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- Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
Length 30mm, Height 17mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones from low tide to over 200 metres
Three Kings Islands, north-western, eastern and south-western North Island, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank
ACFM
- Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
Length 5mm, Height 2.5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings Islands, northern North Island as far south as New Plymouth on the west coast and Mahia Peninsula on the east coast
AFM
- Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
Length 100mm, Height 66mm
Marine, Recent, Subfossil, Fossil
Far North. Spirits Bay. Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, and Auckland as subfossil. Also Western Australia to Queensland and Tasmania, Australia, subfossil to recent
AR.Sf.Fo.
- Barbatia novaezealandiae (E.A.Smith, 1915)
Length 78mm, Height 42mm
Ark Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Under stones from low tide to over 200 metres
ACFM
- Bathyarca corpulenta (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Height 28.8mm, Width 24.0mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Kermadec Trench. Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic Oceans
K - Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
Length 4mm, Height 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North and South Island, Challenger Plateau, Auckland and Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 45-200 metres
ACFMAn
- Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Kermadec Trench. Worldwide, Eastern Pacific from 430-5005 metres
KA - Hawaiarca alia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings and Kermadec Islands, Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island and far south as East Cape
KA
Key to 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
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