List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
Introduction Location of New ZealandDiversity of marine mollusc shells at Akaroa Beach, New ZealandThis 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 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 limpetFissurellidae (keyhole limpets and slit limpets)* ''Cornisepta festiva''* ''Monodilepas diemenensis''* ''Monodilepas otagoensis''* ''Scutus breviculus'' Blainville, 1817Haliotidae* ''Haliotis iris'' – pauaCalliostomatidae* ''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 eyeNeritidae* ''Nerita melanotragus'' – black neriteBatillariidae* ''Zeacumantus lutulentus'' – koeti (a horn shell)Turritellidae* ''Maoricolpus roseus''Littorinidae (periwinkles)* ''Austrolittorina antipodum'' – banded periwinkleRissoidae* ''Alvania gallinacea''* ''Alvania gradatoides''Struthiolariidae* ''Struthiolaria papulosa'' – ostrich footRanellidae* ''Charonia tritonis'' – giant triton* ''Fusitriton retiolus''* ''Monoplex parthenopeus'' – giant triton* ''Ranella olearium'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – wandering tritonHipponicidae (hoof snails)* ''Hipponix conicus wyattae''Buccinidae (whelks)* ''Cominella glandiformis'' – mud whelkMuricidae* ''Poirieria zelandica'' – spiny murexVolutidae* ''Alcithoe arabica'' – Arabic volute* ''Iredalina mirabilis'' – golden voluteOlividae* ''Amalda australis'' – southern oliveEpitoniidae (wentletraps)* ''Funiscala maxwelli''* ''Murdochella alacer''Janthinidae* ''Janthina janthina'' – violet snailOkadaiidae* ''Vayssierea cinnabarea''Facelinidae* ''Babakina caprinsulensis''Bullidae* ''Bulla quoyii'' – brown bubble snailSiphonariidae* ''Benhamina obliquata''Amphibolidae* ''Amphibola crenata'' – mud-flat snailOnchidiidae* ''Onchidella nigricans''
Bivalvia Mesodesmatidae* ''Paphies australis'' – pipi* ''Paphies subtriangulata'' – tuatua* ''Paphies ventricosa'' – toheroaTellinidae* ''Macomona liliana'' – large wedge shellVeneridae* ''Austrovenus stutchburyi'' – New Zealand cockle* ''Dosinia anus'' – ringed dosiniaOstreidae* ''Saccostrea cucullata'' – rock oyster* ''Tiostrea chilensis'' – Bluff oysterPectinidae* ''Pecten novaezelandiae'' – New Zealand scallop* ''Talochlamys zelandiae'' – New Zealand fan shellMytilidae* ''Gigantidas gladius''* ''Mytilus edulis'' – blue mussel* ''Perna canaliculus'' – New Zealand green-lipped musselPinnidae* ''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 squidSepiadariidae* ''Sepioloidea pacifica'' – Pacific bobtail squidSepiolidae* ''Iridoteuthis maoria''Cranchiidae* ''Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni'' – colossal squidHistioteuthidae* ''Histioteuthis reversa'' – reverse jewel squidOctopodidae* ''Pinnoctopus cordiformis'' – common New Zealand octopusArgonautidae* ''Argonauta nodosa'' – knobby argonaut
See also * List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand* List of marine molluscs of Australia
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, .
External links *   Molluscs.otago: index