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.
Location of New Zealand
Diversity of marine mollusc shells at Akaroa Beach, New Zealand
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
Polyplacophora
- 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
- Aerilamma murdochi
- Diaphoroplax biramosus
- Frembleya egregia
- Guildingia obtecta
- Maorichiton caelatus
- Maorichiton schauinslandi
- Plaxiphora australis
Callochitonidae
- 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
Loricidae
Gastropoda
- Cellana radians – golden limpet
Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets and slit limpets)
- Cornisepta festiva
- Monodilepas diemenensis
- Monodilepas otagoensis
- Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817
- Haliotis iris – paua
- 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
- Astraea heliotropium – circular saw shell
- Cookia sulcata – Cook's turban
- Lunella smaragda – cat's eye
- Nerita melanotragus – black nerite
- Zeacumantus lutulentus – koeti (a horn shell)
Littorinidae (periwinkles)
- Austrolittorina antipodum – banded periwinkle
- Struthiolaria papulosa – ostrich foot
- Charonia tritonis – giant triton
- Fusitriton retiolus
- Monoplex parthenopeus – giant triton
- Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) – wandering triton
Hipponicidae (hoof snails)
Buccinidae (whelks)
- Cominella glandiformis – mud whelk
- Poirieria zelandica – spiny murex
- Alcithoe arabica – Arabic volute
- Iredalina mirabilis – golden volute
- Amalda australis – southern olive
Epitoniidae (wentletraps)
- Janthina janthina – violet snail
- Bulla quoyii – brown bubble snail
- Amphibola crenata – mud-flat snail
Bivalvia
- Paphies australis – pipi
- Paphies subtriangulata – tuatua
- Paphies ventricosa – toheroa
- Macomona liliana – large wedge shell
- Austrovenus stutchburyi – New Zealand cockle
- Dosinia anus – ringed dosinia
- Saccostrea cucullata – rock oyster
- Tiostrea chilensis – Bluff oyster
- Pecten novaezelandiae – New Zealand scallop
- Talochlamys zelandiae – New Zealand fan shell
- Gigantidas gladius
- Mytilus edulis – blue mussel
- Perna canaliculus – New Zealand green-lipped mussel
- Atrina zelandica – horse mussel
Scaphopoda
Cephalopoda
- Spirula spirula – ram's horn squid
- Sepioloidea pacifica – Pacific bobtail squid
- Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni – colossal squid
- Histioteuthis reversa – reverse jewel squid
- Pinnoctopus cordiformis – common New Zealand octopus
- Argonauta nodosa – knobby argonaut
References
Further reading
- Frederick Hutton. 1873. Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species.
- Frederick Wollaston Hutton 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. A systematic and descriptive catalogue of the marine and land shells, and of the soft mollusks and Polyzoa of New Zealand and the adjacent islands.
- Henry Suter. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca Wellington.
- Powell A. W. B. 1979. New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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