Identify commonly encountered species by shape and form.
This section is to help identify some of the more common species, frequently encountered around New Zealand.
Click on the group of images most similar to the specimen that you wish to identify.
Continue choosing the most similar group to narrow down your search.
Mollusca (Marine)Mollusca is a large and varied phylum, which contains snails, slugs, clams, chitons, octopus, squid, nautilus
Mollusca (Land)Land snails and slugs
Mollusca (Freshwater)Freshwater mussels and snails
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