List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
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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.
Contents
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
- 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
Gastropoda
- 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
- Cymatium parthenopeum
- Fusitriton retiolus
- Ranella olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Bivalvia
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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
- Histioteuthis reversa - Reverse Jewell Squid
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.