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.

Location of New Zealand

Systematic list edit

Freshwater gastropods edit

Tateidae

Latiidae - only one genus Latia is endemic to the North Island

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods edit

Hydrocenidae

Orthalicidae

Pupinidae

Punctidae

Rhytididae

Charopidae

Helicidae

Bivalvia edit

Hyriidae

See also edit

 
The Exclusive Economic Zone of the Realm of New Zealand

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Spurgeon, Andrew. "NZ Mollusca". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

Further reading edit

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