Species List for Family: Ostreidae
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Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
Length 200mm, Width 85mm, Pacific Oyster, Tio, Marine, Introduced
North Island and top of South Island ACI.
Ostrea chilensis Philippi in Küster, 1844
Length 80mm, Width 75mm, Bluff Oyster, Marine
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands ACFM
Ostrea equestris Say, 1834
Length 45mm, Width 30mm, Marine, Weakly sculptured, and found in lower tidal zone than S.glomerata
Northland to Raglan and Hauraki Gulf AC
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Length 80mm, Width 55mm, Northern Rock Oyster, Tio, Marine
Northern half of North Island AC
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil