Welcome to the 'New Zealand Mollusca' website.

This website has evolved from my passion for New Zealand Shells - collecting, studying, and photographing them.

Checklist. Here I have endeavourd to provide an up-to-date checklist of all New Zealand species, with images of the more common or well-known species. The checklist has now been supplemented with a page list for each family.

Updates. I am constantly adding more information about each species, including sizes, habitats, and common names of some species. Genus synonyms are also being added so that older scientific names can be searched for.

Maps. I have recently updated the site to include Google Maps to show some of the locations where species have been recorded. Some of these locations are only approximate. I will be updating the locality data and fine-tuning the locations as I go.

References to other publications are also being added to the checklist, as I go through my reference library. I have also begun adding references to some of the New Zealand Molluscan Publications, eg. "Poirieria" and "Cookia". These are listed with the Species Details, when species are mentioned in the publication.
Go to list of references and publications.

Type Localities are also being added to species details.

new Genus Locality Maps. I have recently added maps to display localities for all species in a genus. Click on the "Genus Locality Map" tab on the Species Detail pages.

new Advanced Search. You can now search individual or multiple Geographical Ranges. If all are unchecked, the search will search the entire NZ region.

new SubClasses have also been added to the Advanced Search dropdown list.
Go to Advanced Search

Identification. I am always willing to help with identificaion of any species. Email me with a photo and I will try to help.

If you have any suggestions, enquiries or questions, please email me. Any comments would be appreciated.

Andrew Spurgeon

andrew@mollusca.co.nz