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  • Family: Arcidae

  • Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Acar sandersonae Powell, 1933
    Length 30mm, Height 17mm
    Marine, Endemic, Under stones from low tide to over 200 metres
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Acar sociella (Brookes, 1926)
    Length 5mm, Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South and Chatham Islands
    AFME.
  • Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839)
    Length 100mm, Height 66mm
    Marine, Recent, Subfossil, Fossil
    Far North. Spirits Bay. Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, and Auckland as subfossil. Also Western Australia to Queensland and Tasmania, Australia, subfossil to recent
    AR.Sf.Fo.
  • Barbatia novaezealandiae (E.A.Smith, 1915)
    Length 78mm, Height 42mm
    Ark Shell, Marine, Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Under stones from low tide to over 90 metres
    ACFME.
  • Barbatia trapezina (Lamarck, 1819)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Bathyarca corpulenta (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Height 28.8mm, Width 24.0mm
    Marine
    Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic Oceans
    KA
  • Bathyarca cybaea Hedley, 1906
    Length 4mm, Height 3mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Island. Chatham and Snares Islands. Trawled around 45-200 metres
    ACFMAnE.
  • Bentharca asperula (Dall, 1881)
    Marine
    Worldwide, Eastern Pacific from 430-5005 metres
    KA
  • Calloarca nuttingi Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Hawaiarca alia Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil