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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
    ACFMAn
  • Maurea antipodensis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Length 37mm, Height 34mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bounty Platform, off Antipodes Islands, 18-103 metres
    An
  • 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
    A
  • Maurea benthicola (Dell, 1950)
    Width 22mm, Height 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Rise, South Island
    C
  • Maurea blacki (Powell, 1950)
    Height 56mm, Width 56mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, off Eastern Otago
    CFMAn
  • 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
    M
  • Maurea eminens B.A. Marshall, 1995
    Height 51mm, Width 45mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Antipodes Islands, 13-123 metres
    An
  • Maurea foveauxana (Dell, 1950)
    Height 65mm, Width 60mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island, Stewart Island and the Snares, 73-549 metres
    F
  • Maurea gibbsorum (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 23mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, 30-102 metres
    A
  • 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
    CFMAn
  • Maurea jamiesoni (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 33mm, Width 30mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, northern NZ, 5-128 metres
    A
  • Maurea maui (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Width 45mm, Height 42mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait, NE South Island, Chatham Rise, 140-490 metres
    CM
  • Maurea megaloprepes Tomlin, 1948
    Width 42mm, Height 38mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Macquarie Island, 80-120 metres
    An
  • 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
    AC
  • Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
    Height 48mm, Width 44mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands, 0-187 metres
    ACF
  • Maurea penniketi (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 57mm, Width 53mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape. 55-622 metres
    A
  • Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 52mm, Width 47mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island
    ACF
  • Maurea regalis (B.A. Marshall, 1995)
    Height 12.6mm, Width 9.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, 53-805 metres
    A
  • Maurea selecta (Dillwyn, 1817)
    Width 67mm, Height 53mm
    Pale Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. 0-293 metres
    ACFM
  • 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
    CFMAn
  • Maurea spectabilis (A. Adams, 1855)
    Height 56mm, Width 47mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland and Campbell Islands. 0-146 metres
    An
  • Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 104mm, Width 97mm
    Tiger Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Maurea turnerarum Powell, 1964
    Width 80mm, Height 58mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, deep water
    A
  • Maurea waikanae (W.R.B. Oliver, 1926)
    Width 57mm, Height 49mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
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