List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
Location 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.
Marine molluscs include saltwater snails, clams 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
- Lorica haurakiensis
Gastropoda
- Littorina unifasciata antipodum
- Alvinia gallinacea
- Alvinia gradatoides
- Fossarina rimata
- Herpetopoma bella
- Herpetopoma benthicola
- Herpetopoma larochei: Herpetopoma larochei larochei, Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima
- Herpetopoma mariae
- Homalopoma crassicostata
- Homalopoma fluctuata
- Homalopoma imperforata
- Homalopoma micans
- Homalopoma nana
- Homalopoma rotella
- Homalopoma umbilicata
- Homalopoma variecostata
- Fissurisepta festiva
- Monodilepas diemenensis
- Monodilepas otagoensis
- Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817
Epitoniidae
- Cymatium parthenopeum
- Fusitriton retiolus
- Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Okadidae
- Okadaia cinnabareus
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
- Dentalium diarrhox
- Dentalium ecostatum
- Dentalium glaucarena
- Dentalium nanum
- Dentalium suteri
- Dentalium tiwhana
- Dentalium zelandicum
Cephalopoda
- Argonauta nodosa - Knobby argonaut
- Sepioloidea pacifica Pacific Bobtail Squid
Histioteuthidae
- Histioteuthis reversa - Reverse Jewell Squid
Spirulidae
- Spirula spirula
See also
References
Further reading
- Frederick Wollaston 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.