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Species List for Family: Limidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) > Limidae (Family)
  • Family: Limidae

  • Acesta maui B.A. Marshall, 2001
    Height 130mm, Width 90mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Norfolk Ridge NW of Cape Reinga, Cook Strait, north-eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands, Bounty Plateau, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise, from 317-1000m
  • Acesta saginata B.A. Marshall, 2001
    Height 95mm, Width 70mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, W of Cape Reinga, NW of Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise, from 1050-1145m
  • Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
    Height 7mm, Width 5.5mm
    Marine
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and North Island as far south as Mayor Island. Under stones from low tide, from 0-805m
  • Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
    Height 10mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    New Zealand, Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge. Three Kings Islands, northern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise, from 140-1005m
  • Lima zealandica G.B. Sowerby III, 1877
    Height 85mm, Width 58mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, North Cape, south-western North Island, Cook Strait, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 15-710m
  • Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
    Length 36mm, Width 24mm
    File Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Norfolk Ridge, NW of Cape Reinga, north-eastern North Island and far northern South Island. Also Japan and South Australia. Under stones from low tide, from 0-103m
  • Limatula acherontis Fleming, 1978
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 100-302m
  • Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
    Width 1.6mm, Height 2.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, and Three Kings Islands, from 23-805m
  • Limatula delli Fleming, 1978
    Height 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and Curtis Island, from 20-805m
  • Limatula insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 27-135m
  • Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
    Height 40mm, Width 20mm
    File Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
  • Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 29-146m
  • Limatula powelli Fleming, 1978
    Height 15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern North Island, Challenger Plateau, Antipodes, Bounty Islands and Chatham Islands. Also New South Wales and South Australia, from 94-805m
  • Limatula raoulica Fleming, 1978
    Height 5mm, Width 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 100-219m
  • Limatula spinulosa Fleming, 1978
    Height 8.7mm, Width 5.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands, from 135-165m
  • Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
    Height 11mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings, northern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, Pukaki Rise, Bounty Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 16-660m
  • Limatula vigilis Fleming, 1978
    Height 7.5mm, Width 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 23-805m
  • Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
    Height 12mm, Width 10mm
    Marine
    Off Macquarie Island 69 metres, Also Magellan Strait to Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil