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Species List for Genus: Melanella
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  • Genus: Melanella

  • Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
    Height 4.5mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern South Island, from 475-640m
  • Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
    Height 5.75mm, Width 2.25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Stewart Island and Chatham Islands, from 0-11m
  • Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
    Height 6.5mm, Width 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chataham Islands, from 0-140m
  • Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
    Height 4.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Trench, from 6660-6770m
  • Melanella kermadecensis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 10-45m
  • Melanella luminosa B.A. Marshall, 1997
    Height 5.75mm, Width 2.25mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Animal bioluminescent, parasitic on the red (carnleyensis) form of the holothurian Ocnus brevidentis (Hutton, 1872)
    South-western South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-238m
  • Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
    Height 19mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cape Maria van Diemen, from 0m
  • Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
    Height 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Challenger Plateau, from 536-785m
  • Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
    Height 2.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-western North Island, southern South Island, and Auckland Islands, from 11-360m
  • Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
    Height 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island, from 70m
  • Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
    Height 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands, from 20-150m
  • Melanella perplexa W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 10-146m
  • Melanella puhana Dell, 1956
    Height 6mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South-eastern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 476-1463m
  • Melanella spinosa W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 10-30m
  • Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
    Height 3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Far North, from 0-69m
  • Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
    Height 7mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern North Island, from 201-248m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil