Species List for Family: Epitoniidae
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Family: Epitoniidae
Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
Height 10mm, Width 3.5mm, Marine, Endemic
North Island, Cook Strait and eastern South Island ACE.
Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
Height 30mm, Width 11mm, Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic
Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands ACFME.- Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
Height 7mm, Width 3mm, Marine, Endemic
North Island, Hawkes Bay to Chatham Islands CFME. - Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Height 83mm Width 22.4mm, Marine
Off Three Kings Islands, Norfolk Islands, Japan. 200-730 metres A 
Epitonium (Hyaloscala) bucknilli Powell, 1924
Height 14mm, Width 6mm, Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic
Northland to Mahia ACE.
Epitonium (Hyaloscala) jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)
(=ampacta Iredale)
Height 13mm, Width 4mm, Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic
North Island to Cook Strait. Also Tasmania and from New South Wales to Western Australia ACE.
Epitonium (Lamelliscala) minorum (Iredale, 1936)
Height 14mm, Width 5mm, Wentletrap, Marine, In shallow water on fine sand, in open coast situations
Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Australia AC
Epitonium (Papyriscala) tenellum (Hutton, 1885)
Height 20mm, Width 9mm, Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic, In sheltered shallow water, on silty sand
Northland to Bay of Plenty, in silty sand. Also Queensland to Victoria, Australia ACE.- Epitonium (Pomiscala) lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
(=Scalaria perplexa Pease, =coronatum Lamarck 1816?)
Height 32mm, Width 13mm, Marine, Umbilicus is closed, there is a spiral rib on the base of the body whorl, and a brown band is present at the top of whorls
Kermadec, Australia and Northland, NZ KA 
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(=violacea Röding)
Height 38mm, Width 40mm, Violet Snail, Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita)
World wide ACFM
Janthina exigua (Lamarck, 1822)
Height 23mm, Width 21mm, Violet Snail, Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita). Strong and widely spaced growth ridges
Commonly washed ashore on west coast beaches ACFM
Janthina globosa Swainson, 1826
Height 32mm, Width 26mm, Violet Snail, Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita)
Occasionally washed ashore on Northland east coast beaches, down to Awhitu Peninsula on the west coast, and eastern Bay of Plenty A
Janthina umbilicata d'Orbigny, 1840
Height 16mm, Width 15mm, Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita). Fine and closely spaced growth ridges
Kermadec Islands and Northern NZ KA- Opalia (Nodiscala) ahiparana (Powell, 1930)
Height 7mm, Width 2.5mm, Marine, Endemic
Northland, off Ahipara 130 metres AE. - Opalia (Nodiscala) maxwelli (Finlay, 1930)
Height 7.5mm, Width 2.5mm, Marine, Endemic
Off Taiaroa Head, Otago FE. - Opalia (Nodiscala) zelandica (Finlay, 1930)
Height 10mm, Marine, Endemic
Northland, off North Cape AE. 
Recluzia lutea (Bennett, 1840)
(=rollandiana Petit de la Saussaye)
Height 37mm, Width 26mm, Marine, Pelagic, feeds on floating Minyadidae anemones
Washed ashore Northland to Bay of Plenty KA
Key to Geographical Ranges
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 approximation 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
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil