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Species List for Family: Semelidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Autobranchia (Subclass) > Heteroconchia (Infraclass) > Euhetrodonta (Subterclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Cardiida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Semelidae (Family)

  • Family: Semelidae

  • Abra profundorum (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Length 26mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Kermadec Ridge. Also N Atlantic, Indian, W and central Pacific, including the Tasman Sea, from 2890-3000m
  • Ervilia bisculpta A.A. Gould, 1861
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and Kermadec Islands, from 27-219m
  • Leptomya retiaria (Hutton, 1885)
    Width 20mm, Height 15mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands, from 0-640m
  • Leptomya retiaria aucklandica Powell, 1955
    Width 32mm, Height 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 7-10 metres
  • Rochefortina sandwichensis (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 30-219m
  • Semele vestalis (Reeve, 1853)
    Width 32mm, Height 31mm
    Marine, Known from a single specimen, presumably introduced
    North Island
  • Theora lubrica A.A. Gould, 1861
    Width 10mm, Height 6mm
    Marine, Non-indigenous
    Northern North Island, far northern South Island and Banks Peninsula. Asia. Adventive in New Zealand and California, from 4-64m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil