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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Calliostomatidae (Family) > Calliostomatinae (Subfamily) > Maurea (Genus)
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  • Genus: Maurea

  • Maurea alertae (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 31mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Northland to Bay of Plenty, Chatham Rise, Bounty Plateau and Auckland Islands. Trawled from around 280-850 metres
  • Maurea antipodensis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Length 37mm, Height 34mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bounty Platform, off Antipodes Islands, 18-103 metres
  • Maurea aupouriana (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 8.6mm, Width 6.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, Mayor Island, East Cape, 102-128 metres
  • Maurea benthicola (Dell, 1950)
    Width 22mm, Height 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Rise, South Island
  • Maurea blacki (Powell, 1950)
    Height 56mm, Width 56mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, off Eastern Otago
  • Maurea eltanini (Dell, 1990)
    Height 33.8mm, Width 32.9mm
    Marine
    Eltanin Fracture Zone (mid-South Pacific), Chatham Rise, Bollons Seamount (S of Chatham Islands), and southern Tasmania, 890-1450 metres
  • Maurea eminens B.A. Marshall, 1995
    Height 51mm, Width 45mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Antipodes Islands, 13-123 metres
  • Maurea foveauxana (Dell, 1950)
    Height 65mm, Width 60mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island, Stewart Island and the Snares, 73-549 metres
  • Maurea gibbsorum (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 23mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, 30-102 metres
  • Maurea granti Powell, 1931
    Height 45mm, Width 42mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, south of East Cape, South, Stewart Snares, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands
  • Maurea jamiesoni (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 33mm, Width 30mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, northern NZ, 5-128 metres
  • Maurea maui (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Width 45mm, Height 42mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait, NE South Island, Chatham Rise, 140-490 metres
  • Maurea megaloprepes Tomlin, 1948
    Width 42mm, Height 38mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Macquarie Island, 80-120 metres
  • Maurea osbornei Powell, 1926
    Height 37mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands and the upper North Island down to Kapiti Island and Mahia
  • Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
    Height 48mm, Width 44mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands, 0-187 metres
  • Maurea penniketi (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 57mm, Width 53mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape. 55-622 metres
  • Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 52mm, Width 47mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island
  • Maurea regalis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 12.6mm, Width 9.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, 53-805 metres
  • Maurea selecta (Dillwyn, 1817)
    Width 67mm, Height 53mm
    Pale Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. 0-293 metres
  • Maurea simulans (B.A. Marshall, 1994)
    Height 61mm, Width 58mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off New Plymouth, off Cape Palliser south to Banks Peninsula, Chatham Rise, and off Bounty and Campbell Islands
  • Maurea spectabilis (A. Adams, 1855)
    Height 56mm, Width 47mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland and Campbell Islands. 0-146 metres
  • Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 104mm, Width 97mm
    Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
  • Maurea turnerarum Powell, 1964
    Width 80mm, Height 58mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, deep water
  • Maurea waikanae (W.R.B. Oliver, 1926)
    Width 57mm, Height 49mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Chatham 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