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  • Family: Epitoniidae

  • Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
    Height 10mm, Width 3.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, Cook Strait and eastern South Island
    AC
  • Amaea thielei (Boury, 1913)
    Height 30mm
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956
    Height 7mm, Width 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, Hawkes Bay to Chatham Islands
    CFM
  • Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
    Height 33mm, Width 12mm
    Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961
    Height 83mm, Width 22.4mm
    Marine
    Off Three Kings Islands, Norfolk Islands, Japan. 200-730 metres
    A
  • Cycloscala sp. cf. hyalina (G.B. Sowerby II, 1844)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Epidendrium billeeanum (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands. Indo-Pacific and the occidental Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea, Hawaii and the Galapagos
    K
  • Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924
    Height 16mm, Width 7mm
    Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic, Gaps between varices are striated
    Northland to Mahia
    AC
  • Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)
    Height 13mm, Width 4mm
    Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island to Cook Strait. Also Tasmania and from New South Wales to Western Australia
    AC
  • Epitonium minorum (Iredale, 1936)
    Height 14mm, Width 5mm
    Wentletrap, Marine, In shallow water on fine sand, in open coast situations. Smooth between varices
    Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Australia
    AC
  • Epitonium tenellum (Hutton, 1885)
    Height 20mm, Width 9mm
    Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic, In sheltered shallow water, on silty sand
    Northland to Nelson/Marlborough, in silty sand. Also Queensland to Victoria, Australia
    AC
  • Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)
    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
  • Gyroscala sp. aff. lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    F
  • Iphitus neozelanicus (Dell, 1956)
    Height 3.3mm, Width 2.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadecs to Auckland Islands. Trawled from around 250-900 metres
    KACFMAn
  • 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 ocean 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 janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Width 40mm, Height 38mm
    Violet Snail, Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita)
    World wide
    ACFM
  • Janthina umbilicata d'Orbigny, 1840
    Height 20mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Pelagic, feeds mainly on colonial cnidarians (Physalia, Velella, Porpita). Fine and closely spaced growth ridges
    Kermadec Islands and Northern NZ
    KA
  • Murdochella alacer Finlay, 1926
    Height 4.7mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off North Cape and Northland
    A
  • Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
    Height 5.7mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off North, South, Stewart, Chathams and Snares Islands
    ACMAn
  • Opalia ahiparana (Powell, 1930)
    Height 7mm, Width 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, off Ahipara 130 metres
    A
  • Opalia maxwelli (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 7.5mm, Width 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Taiaroa Head, Otago
    F
  • Opalia zelandica (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, off North Cape
    A
  • Papuliscala superlata Finlay, 1930
    Height 4.5mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off North Cape
    A
  • Recluzia lutea (Bennett, 1840)
    Height 37mm, Width 26mm
    Marine, Pelagic, feeds on floating Minyadidae anemones
    Washed ashore Northland to Bay of Plenty
    KA
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil