List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand

Non-marine molluscs of New Zealand include gastropods, such as land snails, and freshwater molluscs (or shellfish), such as freshwater mussels. Among the best known are the large native forest snails such as the Paryphanta (kauri snails) and Powelliphanta.

Systematic list

Freshwater gastropods

Tateidae

Catapyrgus jamyi Verhaegen & Haase, 2021^[1]
Catapyrgus sororius Haase, 2008
Obtusopyrgus farri Verhaegen & Haase, 2021^[1]
Opacuincola gretathunbergae Verhaegen & Haase, 2021^[1]
Opacuincola lisannea Verhaegen & Haase, 2021^[1]
Opacuincola mete Haase, 2008 with the subspecies O. mete kahurangi Verhaegen & Haase, 2021^[1]

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

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Planorbis kahuica Finlay & Laws, 1931

Land gastropods

Hydrocenidae

Omphalorissa purchasi (Pfeiffer, 1862)

Orthalicidae

Placostylus ambagiosus Suter, 1906

Pupinidae

Cytora annectens (Powell, 1948)^[2]
Cytora aranea (Powell, 1928)^[2]
Cytora brooki Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora calva (Hutton, 1882)^[2]
Cytora chiltoni (Suter, 1896)^[2]
Cytora climoi Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora cytora (Gray, 1850)^[2]
Cytora depressa N. Gardner, 1968^[2]
Cytora fasciata (Suter, 1894)^[2]
Cytora filicosta (Powell, 1948)^[2]
Cytora gardneri Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora goulstonei Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora hazelwoodi Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora hedleyi (Suter, 1894)^[2]
Cytora hirsutissima (Powell, 1951)^[2]
Cytora hispida N. Gardner, 1967^[2]
Cytora houhora Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora jamiesoni Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora kahurangi Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora kakano Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora kamura Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora kerrana N. Gardner, 1968^[2]
Cytora lignaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)^[2]
Cytora malleata Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora maui Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora mayhillae Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora minor Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora motu Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora pakotai Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora pallida (Hutton, 1883)^[2]
Cytora pannosa (Hutton, 1882)^[2]
Cytora paparoa Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora parrishi Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora rakiura Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora septentrionalis (Suter, 1907)^[2]
Cytora solitaria (Powell, 1935)^[2]
Cytora taipa Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora tawhiti Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora tepakiensis N. Gardner, 1967^[2]
Cytora tokerau Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Cytora torquillum (Suter, 1894)^[2]
Cytora tuarua Marshall & Barker, 2007^[2]
Liarea aupouria Powell, 1954: Liarea aupouria aupouria and Liarea aupouria tara
Liarea bicarinata (Suter, 1907)
Liarea egea (Gray, 1850): Liarea egea egea and Liarea egea tessellata
Liarea hochstetteri (Pfeiffer, 1861): Liarea hochstetteri alta, Liarea hochstetteri carinella and Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri
Liarea lepida (Suter, 1904)
Liarea ornata Powell, 1954
Liarea turriculata (Pfeiffer, 1855): Liarea turriculata partula, Liarea turriculata turriculata and Liarea turriculata waipoua

Punctidae

Laoma leimonias (Gray, 1850)^[3]
Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)^[3]
Phrixgnathus celia Hutton, 1883^[3]

Rhytididae

Paryphanta busbyi (Gray, 1840)
Paryphanta watti Powell, 1946
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
Rhytida greenwoodi (Gray, 1850)^[3]
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

Allodiscus dimorphus (Reeve, 1852)^[3]
Alsolemia longstaffae (Suter, 1913)^[3]
Charopa coma (Gray, 1843)^[3]
Fectola infecta (Reeve, 1852)^[3]
Flammulina zebra (Le Guillou, 1842)^[3]
Mitodon wairarapa (Suter, 1890)^[3]
Mocella eta (Pfeiffer, 1853)^[3]
Neophenacohelix giveni (Cumber, 1961)^[3]
Otoconcha dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)^[3]
Phacussa helmsi (Hutton, 1882)^[3]
Phenacohelix pilula (Reeve, 1852)^[3]
Ranfurlya constanceae Suter, 1903^[3]
Suteria ide (Gray, 1850)^[3]
Therasia thaisa Hutton, 1883^[3]

Helicidae

Cornu aspersum (O.F. Müller, 1774)^[4]

Bivalvia

Hyriidae

Cucumerunio websteri (Simpson, 1902)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Verhaegen, Gerlien; Haase, Martin (18 January 2021). "All-inclusive descriptions of new freshwater snail taxa of the hyperdiverse family Tateidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from the South Island of New Zealand". European Journal of Taxonomy (731): 71–96. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.731.1205.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap Bruce A. Marshall & Gary M. Barker (2007). "A revision of New Zealand landsnails of the genus Cytora Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pupinidae)". Tuhinga 18: 49–113.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Rodrigo B. Salvador, Fred J. Brook, Lara D. Shepherd, Martyn Kennedy (2020). „Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Punctoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)“. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 397-410.
^ Spurgeon, Andrew. "NZ Mollusca". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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.
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