Species List for Family: Periplomatidae
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- Offadesma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Width 104mm, Height 70mm
Lantern Shell, Marine, Right valve inflated, left valve almost flat
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Below low tide in soft or sandy mud. Also South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania
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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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