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  • Family: Pyramidellidae

  • Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
    Height 15mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. Shallow water to 110 metres
    ACFMR.Fo.
  • Besla insularis (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Besla rossiana Laws, 1941
    Height 2.2mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland and Snares Islands
    An
  • Besla subrugata (Powell, 1927)
    Height 1.8mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off south west Otago, 310 metres
    F
  • Besla vaga Laws, 1941
    Height 1.9mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, 180 metres, to Otago Heads 70-90 metres
    ACFR.Fo.
  • Besla waitangiensis Laws, 1941
    Height 1.5mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Waitangi, Chatham Islands
    M
  • Epigrus insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Evalea liricincta (Suter, 1908)
    Height 3mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Otago Heads to Stewart Island
    F
  • Evalea plana Laws, 1941
    Height 3.1mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Snares Islands 90 metres, off Antipodes Islands 27 metres
    An
  • Evalea propria Laws, 1941
    Height 3mm, Width 1.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island. Dunedin Harbour to Bluff
    F
  • Evalea sabulosa (Suter, 1908)
    Height 4mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Eastern Otago south. Snares, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands
    ACFMAn
  • Finlayola lurida (Suter, 1908)
    Height 5.8mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland. Off Cuvier Island, 70 metres
    A
  • Gumina dolichostoma (Suter, 1908)
    Height 6.5mm, Width 3.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to eastern Otago and Chatham Islands
    ACFM
  • Gumina minor Laws, 1940
    Height 2.5mm, Width 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Northland east coast, 22 metres
    A
  • Herviera sp. cf. isidella (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Ividella maoria Powell, 1940
    Height 3.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Far North. Between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands, 92 metres
    A
  • Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
    Height 2.9mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland east coast to Stewart Island, Chathams, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands
    ACFMAn
  • Linopyrga rugata parva Laws, 1941
    Height 2.3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Auckland
    A
  • Longchaeus maculosus (Lamarck, 1822)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Obexomia denselirata (Suter, 1908)
    Height 2.1mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland east coast to Mahia
    A
  • Odostomia acutangula Suter, 1908
    Height 2.4mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Stewart Island, 33 metres
    FAn
  • Odostomia aucklandica Laws, 1939
    Height 4.1mm, Width 1.95mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland Islands
    An
  • Odostomia cf. clara Brazier, 1877
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Odostomia cf. metata Hedley, 1907
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Odostomia chordata Suter, 1908
    Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Northland east coast 45-70 metres
    A
  • Odostomia corpulentoides Dell, 1956
    Height 4.2mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Fiordland, and off Chatham Islands
    M
  • Odostomia cryptodon Suter, 1908
    Height 2.7mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island. Lyttelton to Taieri Beach and Chatham Islands
    CFM
  • Odostomia geoffreyi Laws, 1939
    Height 1.85mm, Width 0.85mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, Auckland
    A
  • Odostomia haurakiensis Laws, 1939
    Height 4mm, Width 1.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Hauraki Gulf, 45 metres
    A
  • Odostomia hyphala R.B. Watson, 1886
    Height 6.3mm, Width 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North east of East Cape, 1280 metres
    A
  • Odostomia incidata Suter, 1908
    Height 4.3mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Throughout NZ
    ACFAn
  • Odostomia manukauensis Laws, 1939
    Height 2.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Manukau Harbour, Auckland
    C
  • Odostomia murdochi Suter, 1913
    Height 4mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island
    F
  • Odostomia parvacutangula Laws, 1939
    Height 2mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Auckland Islands, 175 metres
    FAn
  • Odostomia pedica Laws, 1939
    Height 3.8mm, Width 1.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Snares Islands
    An
  • Odostomia pervaga Laws, 1939
    Height 2.8mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, Auckland
    A
  • Odostomia pudica Suter, 1908
    Height 5.2mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bay of Islands, Northland
    A
  • Odostomia takapunaensis Suter, 1908
    Height 3.7mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Takapuna Reef, Auckland, to Mahia
    AC
  • Odostomia taumakiensis Suter, 1908
    Height 3mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Taumaki Island, west coast, South Island, 18 metres
    F
  • Odostomia vaga Laws, 1939
    Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Stewart Island and Snares Island
    ACFAn
  • Odostomia vestalis R. Murdoch, 1905
    Height 4.4mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Foveaux Strait, Stewart and South Island
    CF
  • Oscilla punicea W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    K
  • Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854)
    Marine
    Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Planpyrgiscus lawsi Dell, 1956
    Height 5mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off eastern Otago, 475-640 metres
    F
  • Rissopsetia gracilis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Rissopsetia maoria Dell, 1956
    Height 1.5mm, Width 0.65mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Cape to Fiordland
    ACF
  • Siogamaia morioria Laws, 1941
    Height 3mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Chatham Islands
    M
  • Striarcana cryptolira Laws, 1937
    Height 4mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Cook Strait and Chatham Islands
    ACM
  • Striarcana tauranga Laws, 1937
    Height 3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
    A
  • Striodostomia orewa Laws, 1940
    Height 1.5mm, Width 0.65mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, Auckland
    A
  • Syrnola crawfordi Powell, 1927
    Height 5.3mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland. Off Ahipara, 42 metres
    A
  • Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
    Height 6.7mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands to Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Terelimella aupouria (Powell, 1937)
    Height 2.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 170 metres
    A
  • Terelimella benthicola Dell, 1956
    Height 4.9mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Eastern Otago, 475-640 metres
    FAn
  • Terelimella larochei (Powell, 1930)
    Height 2.2mm, Width 0.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland east coast
    AM
  • Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Eulimella coena Webster, 1905
    Height 2.7mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Takapuna, Auckland
    A
  • Eulimella deplexa Hutton, 1885
    Height 4.2mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Throughout NZ
    ACFM
  • Eulimella limbata (Suter, 1907)
    Height 4.5mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bay of Islands, Northland to Taiaroa Heads, Otago
    ACF
  • Puposyrnola fastigiata (Suter, 1906)
    Height 4.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland, Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Puposyrnola missile Laws, 1937
    Height 4.6mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off North Cape to Northland
    A
  • Pyrgiscus otakauicus (Laws, 1937)
    Height 5mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Dunedin Harbour, 3-7 metres
    F
  • Pyrgiscus taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
    Height 4.1mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Otago Heads, 130 metres
    F
  • Raoulostraca inexpectata W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Turbonilla acer (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.8mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Otago Heads, 70-90 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla aoteana Powell, 1930
    Height 2.8mm, Width 0.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Northland east coast 10-20 metres
    A
  • Turbonilla barrierensis (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.2mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Great Barrier Island, 10-20 metres
    A
  • Turbonilla bucknilli (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.9mm, Width 1.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Bay of Plenty
    A
  • Turbonilla campbellica Odhner, 1924
    Height 7mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands, under stones
    An
  • Turbonilla cookiana (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland and Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Turbonilla dunedinensis (Laws, 1937)
    Height 4.8mm, Width 1.4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Dunedin Harbour, 3-5 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla eques Laws, 1937
    Height 7.5mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Poor Knights Islands, 110 metres
    A
  • Turbonilla errabunda (Laws, 1937)
    Height 4.3mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland, Otago Heads and Stewart Island
    AF
  • Turbonilla finlayi (Powell, 1926)
    Height 5.2mm, Width 1.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island
    AC
  • Turbonilla forsteriana (Laws, 1937)
    Height 4.3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Otago Heads and Oamaru, 90-130 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla haroldi Laws, 1937
    Height 6.4mm, Width 2.1mm
    Marine
    Off Oamaru 90 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla informis (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland
    A
  • Turbonilla jactura (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.2mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Oamaru
    F
  • Turbonilla kingi (Laws, 1937)
    Height 5.1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland and Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Turbonilla lawsi (Powell, 1937)
    Height 2.4mm, Width 0.6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 170 metres
    A
  • Turbonilla lillingtoniana (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.7mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Cape Saunders, Otago, and Snares Islands
    FAn
  • Turbonilla mitis (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.5mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland and Chatham Islands
    AM
  • Turbonilla moorei Laws, 1937
    Height 7.5mm, Width 2.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Otago Heads, 75-130 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla oceanica W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands
    K
  • Turbonilla owenga (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.5mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Chatham Islands, 18 metres
    M
  • Turbonilla powelli Bucknill, 1924
    Height 5.2mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Bay of Plenty
    A
  • Turbonilla rakiura (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.6mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Oamaru and Stewart Island
    F
  • Turbonilla scala (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.5mm, Width 1mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Oamaru, 90 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla stipes (Laws, 1937)
    Height 2.5mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands, 180 metres
    A
  • Turbonilla suteri Powell, 1926
    Height 5.5mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Resolution Island, Dusky Sounds, 150 metres
    FM
  • Turbonilla vegrandis (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.5mm, Width 1.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Dunedin Harbour, 5-6 metres
    F
  • Turbonilla verecunda (Laws, 1937)
    Height 2.8mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland and Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Turbonilla vigilia (Laws, 1937)
    Height 3.1mm, Width 0.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland, Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Turbonilla waitemata (Laws, 1937)
    Height 2.6mm, Width 0.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Auckland Harbour and Hauraki Gulf
    A
  • Turbonilla zealandica (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 5.8mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait to Stewart Island
    CFAn
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