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Species List for Subfamily: Cuninae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Cuninae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Cuninae

  • Condylocuna concentrica (F. Bernard, 1897)
    Width 1mm, Height 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares and Bounty Islands, and Chatham Islands. 0-420 metres
    CFMAn
  • Condylocuna mernoo (Dell, 1952)
    Width 1.3mm, Height 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Mernoo Bank, western Chatham Rise. 95 metres
    C
  • Condylocuna torquata (Marwick, 1928)
    Width 1.8mm, Height 1.5mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Off Chatham Islands
    MR.Fo.
  • Cuna carditelloides (Suter, 1911)
    Width 2.5mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and southern North Island, eastern and south-western South Island, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise. 60-800 metres
    ACFMAn
  • Cuna compressidens (Powell, 1933)
    Width 1.3mm, Height 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island as far south as Tauranga. 18-190 metres
    A
  • Cuna laqueus (Finlay, 1927)
    Width 2.6mm, Height 2.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island and Stewart Island. Low tide to 360 metres
    F
  • Cuna manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
    Width 2.6mm, Height 2.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south as Karikari Peninsula. Approx. 30-800 metres
    A
  • Cuna mayi (Powell, 1930)
    Height 2.5mm, Width 1.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and south-western North Island, and north-western South Island. Approx. 40-300 metres
    AC
  • Cuna mendica (Dell, 1952)
    Width 1.8mm, Height 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Challenger Plateau, Tasman Sea, in 500-980 metres
    C
  • Cuna waikukuensis (Powell, 1937)
    Height 1.9mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Spirits Bay and Waikuku Beach, northern Northland, trawled in 30-65 metres
    A
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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