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Species List for Subfamily: Luriinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Luriinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Luriinae

  • Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Length 55mm
    Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands (Raoul). Beach shells
    K
  • Lyncina vitellus Linnaeus, 1758
    Length 55mm, Width 35mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia. Raoul Island, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Leigh
    KA
  • Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul)
    K
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