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  • Family: Nuculidae

  • Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm, Thickness 1mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Tasman Sea, off West Nelson
    CE.
  • Austronucula schencki Powell, 1939
    Height 1.0mm, Width 1.15mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Stewart Island and Snares Islands, also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
    FMAnE.
  • Ennucula strangei (A. Adams, 1856)
    Width 13mm, Height 11mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart Islands and Chatham Rise
    ACFME.
  • Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
    Width 5.6mm, Height 4.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    East Cape to Chatham Rise. Cook Strait and Challenger Plateau
    CME.
  • Linucula hartvigiana (Dohrn, 1864)
    Width 8mm, Height 7mm, Thickness 5.6mm
    Nut Shell, Marine, Endemic, Common on Zostera, sea-grass flats
    Throughout NZ, Chathams, Auckland and Campbell Islands
    ACFMAnE.
  • Linucula recens Dell, 1956
    Width 6.4mm, Height 4mm, Thickness 2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off North, South Islands to Otago, Tasman Sea and Chatham Rise
    ACFME.
  • Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930
    Height 1.6mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Doubtless Bay, Northland
    AE.
  • Nucula dunedinensis (Finlay, 1928)
    Height 1.8mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    South Island, Fiordland to Otago, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
    FME.
  • Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916)
    Height 1.7mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Macquarie Island
    AnE.
  • Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856
    Height 8mm, Width 8mm, Thickness 4.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Throughout NZ. Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
    ACFMAnE.
  • 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, Endemic
    Fiordland, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands. Under stones at low tide to around 35 metres
    FMAnE.
  • Pronucula bollonsi Powell, 1955
    Height 2mm, Width 2.3mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 10-180 metres
    AnE.
  • Pronucula kermadecensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
    Height 1.5mm, Width 1.8mm, Thickness 1.1mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands
    AE.
  • Pronucula tenuis Powell, 1927
    Width 1.5mm, Thickness 0.8mm, Height 1mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North and South Island, South West Otago. Off Snares and Antipodes Islands
    ACFAnE.
  • Varinucula gallinacea (Finlay, 1930)
    Width 9.8mm, Height 8.7mm, Thickness 4mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil