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  • Family: Trochidae

  • Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Width 12mm, Height 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal, under kelp holdfasts
    Southern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-33m
  • Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
    Height 28mm, Width 20mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Macquarie Island and southern New Zealand. Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Antipodes Islands, from 0-26m
  • Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On kelp from low tide
    North-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-73m
  • Cantharidus festivus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Height 6.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 14-88m
  • Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 8mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal to shallow water
    Chatham Islands, from 0-20m
  • Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
    Height 53mm, Width 39mm
    Opal Top Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Littoral to moderate depths
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-121m
  • Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
    Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island, from 0-48m
  • Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
    Width 9mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On seaweed covered rocks
    Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands, from 0m
  • Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Height 26mm, Width 16mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On algae
    King Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 6-805m
  • Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
    Height 11.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 35mm, Width 21mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On seaweed from low tide
    North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-121m
  • Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray, 1843)
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Island, from 0-13m
  • Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
    Height 11mm, Width 10mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
    North Island living as far north as East Cape, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-446m
  • Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
    Height 9mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-59m
  • Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern North Island as far north as New Plymouth, and South and Stewart Islands, from 0-585m
  • Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
    Height 6mm, Width 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Otago to Stewart Island, Auckland and Snares Islands, from 15-620m
  • Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
    Height 7mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern South Island as far north as Oamaru, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, Macquarie Ridge and Mernoo Bank, from 8-640m
  • Roseaplagis rufozona A. Adams, 1853
    Height 8mm, Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and far northern South Island, from 0-550m
  • Fossarina rimata (Hutton, 1884)
    Width 5mm, Height 4mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia, from 0-50m
  • Kaiparathina fasciata B.A. Marshall, 1993
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Wanganella Bank, southern Norfolk Ridge, from 133m
  • Diloma aethiops (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 38mm, Height 35mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma aridum (Finlay, 1926)
    Height 19mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, On sheltered mid-tidal rocks
    North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma bicanaliculatum (Dunker, 1845)
    Width 18mm, Height 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones at low tide
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma coracinum (Philippi, 1851)
    Width 12mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North Island and western South Island, from 0m
  • Diloma durvillaea Spencer, Marshall & Waters, 2009
    Width 13mm, Height 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Under holdfasts & on blades of Durvillaea antarctica & adjacent rocks near low tide level
    Eastern South Island as far north as Lyttelton Harbour, and Stewart and Auckland Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma nigerrimum (Gmelin, 1791)
    Height 30mm, Width 26mm
    Marine, On kelp at mid/high tide
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma subrostratum (Gray, 1835)
    Width 30mm, Height 30mm
    Mudflat Top Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0m
  • Diloma zelandicum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
    Width 32mm, Height 24mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0m
  • Stomatella oliveri (Iredale, 1912)
    Length 11.75mm, Width 6.5mm, Height 3.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living among rocks near low water
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-84m
  • Clanculus atypicus Iredale, 1912
    Width 9.5mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Low tide under stones
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-15m
  • Clanculus peccatus (Finlay, 1926)
    Height 12mm, Width 12mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, In beach drift, and below low tide
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island, as far south as Ahipara on the west coast and as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank on the east coast, from 0-805m
  • Clanculus persicus Habe & Shikama, 1964
    Width 25mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Japan and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Ridge and Cavalli Seamount, from 220-630m
  • Coelotrochus carinatus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Width 4.3mm, Height 3.8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga and off White Island, from 14-228m
  • Coelotrochus carmesinus (Webster, 1908)
    Width 8mm, Height 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-188m
  • Coelotrochus chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
    Width 9mm, Height 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern North Island as far north as Titahi Bay, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-560m
  • Coelotrochus davegibbsi B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Width 6.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Poor Knights Islands, from 4-123m
  • Coelotrochus oppressus (Hutton, 1878)
    Width 6mm, Height 5.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Ahipara on the west coast and Mahia Peninsula on the east coast, from 0-88m
  • Coelotrochus polychromus B.A. Marshall, 1998
    Width 5.9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, from 14-88m
  • Coelotrochus rex (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
    Width 5.8mm, Height 4.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 102-440m
  • Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
    Width 18mm, Height 15mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-450m
  • Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 30mm, Height 25mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-79m
  • Trochus camelophorus Webster, 1906
    Width 13mm, Height 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-188m
  • Antisolarium egenum (A.A. Gould, 1849)
    Width 7.5mm, Height 5.5mm
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-549m
  • Talopena incerta Iredale, 1912
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 0-82m
  • Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1855)
    Width 26mm, Height 15mm
    Wheel Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Lower littoral to sublittoral
    Northern and south-western North Island, northern and southern South Island, and Stewart Island, from 0-121m
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