Species List for Subfamily: Venericardiinae
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- Purpurocardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854)
Width 45mm, Height 40mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Chatham and Auckland Islands
ACFMAnE.
- Purpurocardia reinga (Powell, 1933)
Width 30mm, Height 22mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island, Far North
AE.
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
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