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List of marine molluscs of New Zealand

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List of marine molluscs of New Zealand

This is a list of the marine molluscs of the country of New Zealand, which are a part of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, which is a part of the biodiversity of New Zealand.

Contents

Marine molluscs include marine gastropods (sea snails and sea slugs), bivalves (such as pipis, cockles, oysters, mussels, scallops), octopuses, squid and other classes of Mollusca. This list does not include the land and freshwater species.

Aplacophora

  • Proneomenia quincarinata
  • Polyplacophora

    Acanthochitonidae

  • Acanthochitona thileniusi
  • Acanthochitona zelandica
  • Craspedochiton rubiginosus - Craspedochiton rubiginosus rubiginosus, Craspedochiton rubiginosus oliveri
  • Cryptoconchus porosus
  • Notoplax aupouria
  • Notoplax cuneata
  • Notoplax facilis
  • Notoplax latalamina
  • Notoplax mariae
  • Notoplax violacea
  • Notoplax websteri
  • Mopaliidae

  • Aerilamma murdochi
  • Diaphoroplax biramosus
  • Frembleya egregia
  • Guildingia obtecta
  • Maorichiton caelatus
  • Maorichiton schauinslandi
  • Plaxiphora australis
  • Callochitonidae

  • Callochiton crocinus
  • Callochiton empleurus
  • Callochiton kapitiensis
  • Callochiton mortenseni
  • Chitonidae

  • Chiton glaucus
  • Onithochiton marmoratus
  • Onithochiton neglectus - Onithochiton neglectus neglectus, Onithochiton neglectus opiniosus, Onithochiton neglectus subantarcticus
  • Rhyssoplax aerea - Rhyssoplax aerea aerea, Rhyssoplax aerea huttoni
  • Rhyssoplax canaliculata
  • Rhyssoplax chathamensis
  • Rhyssoplax clavata
  • Rhyssoplax stangeri
  • Rhyssoplax suteri
  • Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
  • Sypharochiton sinclairi
  • Sypharochiton torri
  • Callochitonidae

  • Eudoxochiton nobilis
  • Ischnochitonidae

  • Ischnochiton circumvallatus
  • Ischnochiton granulifer
  • Ischnochiton luteoroseus
  • Ischnochiton maorianus
  • Leptochitonidae

  • Lepidopleurus finlayi
  • Lepidopleurus inquinatus
  • Lepidopleurus otagoensis
  • Loricidae

  • Lorica haurakiensis
  • Gastropoda

    Nacellidae

  • Cellana radians – golden limpet
  • Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets and slit limpets)

  • Cornisepta festiva
  • Monodilepas diemenensis
  • Monodilepas otagoensis
  • Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817
  • Haliotidae

  • Haliotis iris – paua
  • Calliostomatidae

  • Calliostoma selectum – select maurea
  • Selastele onustum
  • Trochidae (top snails)

  • Diloma subrostrata – mudflat top shell
  • Fossarina rimata
  • Herpetopoma alacerrimum
  • Herpetopoma bellum
  • Herpetopoma benthicola
  • Herpetopoma larochei
  • Herpetopoma mariae
  • Homalopoma crassicostata
  • Homalopoma fluctuata
  • Homalopoma imperforata
  • Homalopoma micans
  • Homalopoma nana
  • Homalopoma rotella
  • Homalopoma umbilicata
  • Homalopoma variecostata
  • Turbinidae

  • Astraea heliotropium – circular saw shell
  • Cookia sulcata – Cook's turban
  • Lunella smaragda – cat's eye
  • Neritidae

  • Nerita melanotragus – black nerite
  • Batillariidae

  • Zeacumantus lutulentus – koeti (a horn shell)
  • Turritellidae

  • Maoricolpus roseus
  • Littorinidae (periwinkles)

  • Austrolittorina antipodum – banded periwinkle
  • Rissoidae

  • Alvania gallinacea
  • Alvania gradatoides
  • Struthiolariidae

  • Struthiolaria papulosa – ostrich foot
  • Ranellidae

  • Charonia tritonis – giant triton
  • Fusitriton retiolus
  • Monoplex parthenopeus – giant triton
  • Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) – wandering triton
  • Hipponicidae (hoof snails)

  • Hipponix conicus wyattae
  • Buccinidae (whelks)

  • Cominella glandiformis – mud whelk
  • Muricidae

  • Poirieria zelandica – spiny murex
  • Volutidae

  • Alcithoe arabica – Arabic volute
  • Iredalina mirabilis – golden volute
  • Olividae

  • Amalda australis – southern olive
  • Epitoniidae (wentletraps)

  • Funiscala maxwelli
  • Murdochella alacer
  • Janthinidae

  • Janthina janthina – violet snail
  • Okadaiidae

  • Vayssierea cinnabarea
  • Facelinidae

  • Babakina caprinsulensis
  • Bullidae

  • Bulla quoyii – brown bubble snail
  • Siphonariidae

  • Benhamina obliquata
  • Amphibolidae

  • Amphibola crenata – mud-flat snail
  • Onchidiidae

  • Onchidella nigricans
  • Bivalvia

    Mesodesmatidae

  • Paphies australis – pipi
  • Paphies subtriangulata – tuatua
  • Paphies ventricosa – toheroa
  • Tellinidae

  • Macomona liliana – large wedge shell
  • Veneridae

  • Austrovenus stutchburyi – New Zealand cockle
  • Dosinia anus – ringed dosinia
  • Ostreidae

  • Saccostrea cucullata – rock oyster
  • Tiostrea chilensis – Bluff oyster
  • Pectinidae

  • Pecten novaezelandiae – New Zealand scallop
  • Talochlamys zelandiae – New Zealand fan shell
  • Mytilidae

  • Gigantidas gladius
  • Mytilus edulis – blue mussel
  • Perna canalicula – New Zealand green-lipped mussel
  • Pinnidae

  • Atrina zelandica – horse mussel
  • Scaphopoda

    Gadilidae

  • Cadulus colubridens
  • Cadulus delicatulus
  • Cadulus teliger
  • Dentaliidae

  • Dentalium diarrhox
  • Dentalium ecostatum
  • Dentalium glaucarena
  • Dentalium nanum
  • Dentalium suteri
  • Dentalium tiwhana
  • Dentalium zelandicum
  • Cephalopoda

    Spirulidae

  • Spirula spirula – ram's horn squid
  • Sepiadariidae

  • Sepioloidea pacifica – Pacific bobtail squid
  • Sepiolidae

  • Iridoteuthis maoria
  • Cranchiidae

  • Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni – colossal squid
  • Histioteuthidae

  • Histioteuthis reversa – reverse jewel squid
  • Octopodidae

  • Pinnoctopus cordiformis – common New Zealand octopus
  • Argonautidae

  • Argonauta nodosa – knobby argonaut
  • References

    List of marine molluscs of New Zealand Wikipedia