List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
Location of New Zealand
The non-marine molluscs of the country of New Zealand are a part of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand which is a part of biodiversity of New Zealand.
There are ??? species of molluscs living in the wild in New Zealand.
There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods (??? species of snails and ??? species of slugs), plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.
- Summary table of number of species
| New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | ?? |
| land gastropods | ??? (??? species of snails and ??? species of slugs) |
| gastropods altogether | ??? |
| bivalves | ?? |
| molluscs altogether | ??? |
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ? freshwater and ? land |
| non-indigenous synantrop gastropods | ? |
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
| non-indigenous synantrop bivalves | ? |
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | ? |
Systematic list
Freshwater Gastropoda
Species of freswater Gastropoda of New Zealand include:
Latiidae - only one genus Latia is endemic to the North Island
- Latia climoi Starobogatov, 1986 - type species
- Latia lateralis (Gould, 1852)
- Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
Land gastropods
- Omphalorissa purchasi (Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Cytora ampla
- Cytora annectens
- Cytora aranea
- Cytora calva
- Cytora chiltoni
- Cytora cytora
- Cytora depressa
- Cytora fasciata
- Cytora filicosta
- Cytora hedleyi
- Cytora hirsutissima
- Cytora hispida
- Cytora kiama
- Cytora lignaria
- Cytora pallida
- Cytora pannosa
- Cytora septentrionale
- Cytora solitaria
- Cytora tekakiensis
- Cytora torquilla
- Liarea aupouria: Liarea aupouria aupouria and Liarea aupouria tara
- Liarea bicarinata
- Liarea egea: Liarea egea egea and Liarea egea tessellata
- Liarea hochstetteri: Liarea hochstetteri alta, Liarea hochstetteri carinella and Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri
- Liarea lepida
- Liarea ornata
- Liarea turriculata: Liarea turriculata partula, Liarea turriculata turriculata and Liarea turriculata waipoua
- Paryphanta busbyi
- Paryphanta watti
- Powelliphanta spp. - all species of the genus Powelliphanta are endemic to New Zealand
- Rhytida spp. - all species of the genus Rhytida are endemic to New Zealand
- Schizoglossa spp. - all species of the genus Schizoglossa are endemic to New Zealand
- Wainuia spp. - all species of the genus Wainuia are endemic to New Zealand
Charopidae, Otoconchinae
Bivalvia
- Cucumerunio websteri (Simpson, 1902)
See also
Realm of New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Australia
- and others
References
Further reading
- Hutton F. W. (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.
- Suter H. (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.
External links
- Invertebrates. Department of Conservation.
- New Zealand Mollusca website
- Hamish G. Spencer, Richard C. Willan,
- Bruce A. Marshall & Tara J. Murray. 2004. Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Described from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. - See also: Exclusive Economic Zone#New Zealand
- Sykes R. E. (1893) "On a new helicoid land-shell from New Zealand". Proceedings of the malacological society 1(3): 218. - Endodonta (Charopa) prestoni Murdoch.
- Land snail posters