Species List for Subfamily: Pagodulinae
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Click here to filter list on Geographical RangeSubfamily: Pagodulinae
- Axymene aucklandicus (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Height 13mm, Width 6.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Cook Strait to Stewart Island. Snares, Bounty, Campbell and Auckland Islands
CFAnE.
- Comptella costata B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Marine, Endemic
Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, 15-508 metres
AE. - Comptella cresswelli B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 5.05mm, Width 2.45mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
Late Pleistocene (Haweran) and Holocene. Southern South Island, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, 0-220 metres; taken alive at 26-80 metres from bryozoan/shell substrata
FAnR.Fo.E. - Comptella curta (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Off Taiaroa Head, Otago, to Stewart Island. Snares, Campbell and Auckland Islands
FAnE.
- Comptella kaikoura B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 7.7mm
Marine, Endemic
North-eastern South Island, living at 400 metres
CE. - Comptella munida B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Marine, Endemic
Off south-eastern South Island, 150-343 metres (shells)
FE.
- Comptella paulini B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 5.60mm
Marine, Endemic
Fiordland, south-western South Island, 13-415 metres (shells)
FE. - Comptella pygmaea B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 4.10mm
Marine, Endemic
South-western South Island, 13-415 metres (shells)
FE. - Enixotrophon carduelis (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Height 40mm, Width 25mm
Marine
New South Wales, southern Lord Howe Rise, West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, and off north-eastern North Island, 320-1216 metres
KAC
- Enixotrophon eos (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 45mm, Width 23mm
Marine, Endemic
South-eastern North Island, south-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, 1100-2130 metres
CFME. - Enixotrophon eumorphus B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Height 24.6mm
Marine
Macquarie Ridge, 460-470 metres
An - Enixotrophon hastulus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 53.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Chatham Rise, 1000-1010 metres
ME. - Enixotrophon latus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 55mm, Width 32mm
Marine
Eastern Australia, Lord Howe Rise, Kermadec Ridge, Chatham Rise, and off North Island and north-eastern and western South Island, 384-1395 meters
KACFM
- Enixotrophon macquariensis (Powell, 1957)
Height 22mm, Width 10.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Macquarie Ridge, 69-810 metres
AnE. - Enixotrophon maxwelli (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 53mm, Width 22mm
Marine, Endemic
West Norfolk Ridge, W of Cape Reinga, Challenger Plateau, off North and South Islands, Chatham Rise, Bounty Trough, 867-2677 metres
CFME.
- Enixotrophon obtusus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 29mm
Marine
Fiji, West Norfolk Ridge, Southern Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Kermadec Ridge, and off northern and eastern North Island, 741-1385 metres
KAC
- Enixotrophon occiduus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 26mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Endemic
West Norfolk Ridge, 950-987 metres
AE.
- Enixotrophon pumilus B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 9.9mm
Marine, Endemic
West Norfolk Ridge, W of Cape Reinga, 785-800 metres
AE. - Enixotrophon pygmaeus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 13mm
Marine
Lord Howe Rise and Challenger Plateau, 1029-1186 metres
C - Enixotrophon tangaroa (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 37mm
Marine, Endemic
North-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, 880-2155 metres
CME.
- Enixotrophon venustus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Height 55mm, Width 21mm
Marine
Tasmania, West Norfolk Ridge S of Norfolk Island, Kermadec Ridge, and off northern and eastern North Island, Hikurangi Trench and Chatham Rise, 850-1239 metres
KACMAn
- Enixotrophon veronicae (Pastorino, 1999)
Height 52mm, Width 22mm
Marine
Southern Chile, Strait of Magellan, South Georgia, Tasmania and Bollons Plateau, southern New Zealand, 298-1281 metres
An - Lamellitrophon carinatus B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 5.9mm
Marine, Endemic
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga and off White Island, 15-805 metres, living at 15-23 metres
AE. - Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
Height 16mm, Width 7mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACFE.
- Lamellitrophon tangaroa B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 6.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island, from Spirits Bay to as far south as Ranfurly Bank, 16-143 metres, living at 50-56 metres
AE. - Lamellitrophon teres (Finlay, 1930)
Height 6mm, Width 3.3mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, 90 metres
FE.
- Lamellitrophon traversi (Hutton, 1873)
Height 22mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, littoral to shallow subtidal. More common in north
ACFME.
- Lenitrophon convexus (Suter, 1909)
Height 12.4mm, Width 4.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Southern South Island. Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
FMAnE.
- Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
Height 19mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island west coast, from Ninety Mile Beach to Kawhia
ACE.
- Paratrophon cheesemani exsculptus Powell, 1933
Height 23mm, Width 13mm
Marine, Endemic
West Coast North and South Islands from Port Waikato to Jackson Bay, south of Haast
CFE.
- Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Height 29mm, Width 17mm
Marine, Endemic, Lamellose within the grooves
South Island and Stewart Island. On exposed rocky shores
CFE.
- Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
Height 35mm, Width 18mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island. From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
ACE.
- Poirieria kopua Dell, 1956
Height 21mm, Width 15mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Bay of Plenty southwards and Chatham Rise. Trawled around 500-1000 metres
CFME.
- Poirieria syrinx B.A. Marshall & Houart, 1995
Height 26mm, Width 24mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Bay of Plenty, and Cook Strait, 482-786 metres on mud
ACE.
- Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Width 88mm, Height 79mm
Spiny Murex, Marine, Endemic
Three Kings Islands to Stewart Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Islands, 0-540 metres
ACFME.
- Terefundus coronatus (Dell, 1956)
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Off Mernoo Bank to Chatham Islands
CME.
- Terefundus crispulatus (Suter, 1908)
Height 4mm, Width 1.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Lower South Island. Stewart Chathams and Snares Islands
FMAnE. - Terefundus cuvierensis (Mestayer, 1919)
Height 4.5mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Bay of Plenty, trawled
AE.
- Terefundus goniocorella B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 8.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Kaikoura, north-eastern South Island, 400 metres
CE. - Terefundus grebneffi B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 7.6mm
Marine, Endemic
Eastern South Island, 421-530 metres, living at 476-485 metres
CFE. - Terefundus gregarius B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 9.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Eastern South Island, 128-555 metres, living at 293-476 metres
CFE. - Terefundus mernoo B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 4.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Mernoo Bank, western Chatham Rise, living at 320-419 metres
CE. - Terefundus nitens B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 5.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off The Aldermen Islands and off Mayor Island, north-eastern North Island, 348-443 metres, living at 443-527 metres
AE. - Terefundus quadricinctus (Suter, 1908)
Height 4.4mm, Width 2.1mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
South Island, from Otago south, and Snares Islands
FAnR.Fo.E. - Terefundus sepulcralis B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Height 6.85mm
Marine, Endemic
Graveyard Seamount complex, Chatham Rise, 800-990 metres
CE. 
- Terefundus venustus B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Marine, Endemic
Off Otago Peninsula, South-eastern South Island, living at 340-620 metres
FE. 
- Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
Height 22mm, Width 11mm
Marine, Endemic, In harbours and estuaries
North, South and Stewart Island
ACFE.
- Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)
Height 30mm, Width 15mm
Marine, Endemic
From Cape Campbell to Stewart Island, and Auckland Islands. Sublittoral to about 550 metres
CFAnE.
- Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
Height 10mm, Width 5mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island and east coast of South Island to Stewart Island
ACFE.
- Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Height 64mm, Width 38mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From low tide to about 50 fathoms
ACFME.
- Zeatrophon mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
Height 15mm, Width 6.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Auckland Islands, intertidal to about 10 metres
AnE.
- Zeatrophon mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
Height 23mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. From 20-200 metres
ACFME.
- Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. From 15-600 metres
ACFME.
Key to 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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