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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 approxomation 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
An= Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW= Freshwater
L= Land
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Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus,1758
Class: Gastropoda
Sub Class: Prosobranchia
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: CYPRAEIDAE
Distribution: Northland, NZ. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. K.A.
Size: Length 31mm, Width 20mm
Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus - click to view larger imagePacific Deer Cowrie Cypraea vitellus collected by scuba diving off northern New Zealand.click to go to large map
 
 
 
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