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Species List for Family: Nautilidae
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  • Family: Nautilidae

  • Nautilus macromphalus G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
    Chambered Nautilus, Marine, Occasionally washes ashore on northern beaches. Compared to N. pompilius, macromphalus has a deep umbilicus
    Far North, Kermadecs, NE Australia, New Caledonia
  • Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758
    Chambered Nautilus, Marine, Occasionally washes ashore on northern beaches. Compared to N. macromphalus, pompilius has calcified layer covering umbilicus
    Far North, Kermadec 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