Species List for Family: Pulvinitidae
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- Pulvinites exempla (Hedley, 1914)
Width 130mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
North of North Cape, Ranfurly Bank and south-western South Island, NZ. Trawled around 170-500 metres. Attached to rock. Also south-eastern Australia and Lord Howe Rise
AF
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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