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Species List for Family: Nuculidae
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  • Family: Nuculidae

  • Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm, Thickness 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Challenger Plateau
    C
  • Austronucula schencki Powell, 1939
    Height 1.0mm, Width 1.15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and southern North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
    ACFMAn
  • Ennucula strangei (A. Adams, 1856)
    Width 13mm, Height 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and south-western North Island and far northern South Island
    AC
  • Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
    Width 5.6mm, Height 4.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern and south-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise
    CM
  • Linucula hartvigiana (Dohrn, 1864)
    Width 8mm, Height 7mm, Thickness 5.6mm
    Nut Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on Zostera, sea-grass flats
    North Island and northern South Island
    AC
  • Linucula recens Dell, 1956
    Width 6.4mm, Height 4mm, Thickness 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern and eastern North Island, eastern South Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise
    ACFM
  • Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930
    Height 1.6mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island
    A
  • Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
    Height 1.8mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island from Kaikoura southwards, Stewart Island and Snares Islands
    CFAn
  • Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916)
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Macquarie Island
    An
  • Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856
    Height 8mm, Width 8mm, Thickness 4.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings, North, South and Stewart Islands and Mernoo Bank
    ACFMAn
  • Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
    Height 4.5mm, Width 4.8mm, Thickness 2.9mm
    Marine
    Bay of Plenty, North Island
    A
  • Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930
    Width 5.8mm, Height 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-western South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Bounty Islands
    FMAn
  • Pronucula bollonsi Powell, 1955
    Height 2mm, Width 2.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 10-180 metres
    An
  • Pronucula kermadecensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
    Height 1.5mm, Width 1.8mm, Thickness 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and off Spirits Bay
    A
  • Pronucula tenuis Powell, 1927
    Width 1.5mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Height 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and southern North Island, southern South Island and Stewart Island
    ACF
  • Varinucula gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
    Width 9.8mm, Height 8.7mm, Thickness 4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, eastern and south-western South Island 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