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Species List for Genus: Cirsonella
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochida (Order) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Skeneidae (Family) > Cirsonella (Genus)
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  • Genus: Cirsonella

  • Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930
    Width 1.2mm, Height 0.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North Island. Off Northland 10-20 metres
    AE.
  • Cirsonella densilirata Suter, 1908
    Width 2.3mm, Height 1.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    South Island. From off Lyttelton to off Auckland and Shares Islands
    CFAnE.
  • Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937
    Width 1.3mm, Height 0.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, Mahia and Snares Islands
    ACAnE.
  • Cirsonella maoria (Powell, 1937)
    Width 1.7mm, Height 1.3mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 260 metres
    AE.
  • Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937
    Width 1.5mm, Height 1.0mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 260 metres
    AE.
  • Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926
    Width 0.9mm, Height 0.8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    South Island, Off Lyttelton
    CFAnE.
  • Cirsonella pisiformis Powell, 1937
    Width 1.5mm, Height 1.3mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 260 metres
    AE.
  • Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956
    Width 3.0mm, Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off South Island East Coast, and off Chatham Islands
    FME.
  • Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
    Width 0.9mm, Height 0.6mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 250 metres. Chalky Sound, 12 metres
    AFE.
  • Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937
    Height 0.7mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off North Cape
    AE.
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