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Species List for Genus: Cantharidus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Trochidae (Family) > Cantharidinae (Subfamily) > Cantharidus (Genus)
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  • Genus: Cantharidus

  • Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Width 12mm, Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, Otago to Stewart Island, Snares, Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Under kelp holdfasts
    FAn
  • Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
    Height 28mm, Width 20mm
    Marine
    Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
    An
  • Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. On kelp at low tide to about 5 metres
    ACFM
  • Cantharidus festivus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Height 6.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, Far North, 13-88 metres
    A
  • Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 8mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands, intertidal to shallow water
    M
  • Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 53mm, Width 39mm
    Opal Top Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Littoral to moderate depths
    ACFM
  • Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
    Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Distinct flattened base and wide umbilicus
    South Island
    CF
  • Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
    Width 9mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands. On seaweed covered rocks
    FAn
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