New Zealand Mollusca - Taxonomic Checklist

Class Monoplacophora

Sub Class (Monoplacophora)

Order Tryblidiida

Class Polyplacophora

Sub Class Loricata

Order Lepidopleurina

Ferreiraellidae

Leptochitonidae

Order Ischnochitonina

Ischnochitonidae

Schizochitonidae

Order Acanthochitonina

Acanthochitonidae

Class Aplacophora

Sub Class Solenogastres

Order Neomeniomorpha

Class Gastropoda

Sub Class Prosobranchia

Order Docoglossa

Order Vetigastropoda

Pseudococculinidae

Cocculinellidae

Pleurotomariidae

Calliostomatidae

Ancistrobasidae

Melanodrymiidae

Order Cocculiniformia

Order Neritopsida

Order Architaenioglossa

Order Neotaenioglossa

Struthiolariidae

Pterotracheidae

Order Ptenoglossa

Order Neogastropoda

Ptychatractidae

Sub Class Heterobranchia

Order Heterostropha

Orbitestellidae

Architechtonicidae

Sub Class Opisthobranchia

Order Cephalaspidea

Order Anaspidea

Order Sacoglossa

Order Thecosomata

Order Gymnosomata

Pneumodermatidae

Notobranchaeidae

Order Notaspidea

Pleurobranchidae

Order Nudibranchia

Chromodorididae

Dendrodorididae

Sub Class Pulmonata

Order Basommatophora

Athoracophoridae

Class Scaphopoda

Sub Class (Scaphopoda)

Order Dentaliida

Order Gadilida

Wemersoniellidae

Sub Class Palaeotaxodonta

Order Solemyoida

Order Nuculida

Bathyspinulidae

Order Nuculanida

Sub Class Pteriomorpha

Order Arcoida

Order Mytiloida

Order Pterioida

Order Pectinida

Propeamussiidae

Order Limida

Sub Class Palaeoheterodonta

Order Unionoida

Sub Class Heterodonta

Order Lucinida

Order Carditida

Condylocarciidae

Order Veneroida

Order Myoida

Sub Class Anomalodesmata

Order Pholadomyoida

Cleidothaeridae

Class Cephalopoda

Sub Class Coleoida

Order Spirulida

Order Sepiolida

Order Myopsida

Order Oegopsida

Enoploteuthididae

Ancistrocheiridae

Octopoteuthidae

Oncychoteuthidae

Lepidoteuthidae

Pholidoteuthidae

Histioteuthidae

Chtenopterygidae

Mastigoteuthidae

Order Vampyromorpha

Vampyroteuthidae

Order Octopoda

Cirroteuthididae

Grimpoteuthididae

Opisthoteuthididae

Vitreledonellidae

Tremoctopodidae

Last Updated on 19 May 2013

The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.

K=	Kermadec Islands
A=	Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=	Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=	Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=	Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=	Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW=	Freshwater
L=	Land

Family: Bolitaenidae

Bolitaenidae
Bolitaena microtyla Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1886 C. O'Shea, S. 1999: The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Wellington, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. 281p (p.70)
Eledonella pygmaea Verrill, 1884 C. Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p.444) O'Shea, S. 1999: The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Wellington, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. 281p (p.74)
Japetella diaphana Hoyle, 1885 Off Northland K.A. Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Collins, Auckland 500p (p.443) O'Shea, S. 1999: The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Wellington, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. 281p (p.74)


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