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Species List for Family: Chilodontaidae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Seguenziida (Order) > Seguenzioidea (Superfamily) > Chilodontaidae (Family)
  • Family: Chilodontaidae

  • Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
    Height 13mm, Width 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North-eastern and south-western South Island, from 54-1006m
  • Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
    Width 5mm, Height 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, far northern South Island and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
  • Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 6.5mm, Width 6.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Common under stones at low tide, often covered by a bright red or orange sponge
    Three Kings Islands, North Island, northern South Island as far south as Kaikoura and Chatham Islands, from 0-50m
  • Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937
    Height 3.5mm, Width 3.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands, NW of Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Bay of Islands, from 30-622m
  • Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
    Height 4.9mm, Width 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, from 0-329m
  • Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930
    Height 17mm, Width 14.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Motuhora (Whale) Island, from 0-805m
  • Herpetopoma pruinosum (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
    Height 3.3mm, Width 2.85mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, from 256-348m
  • Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
    Height 5.5mm, Width 5.3mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Western Pacific. Kermadec Islands, from 5-30m
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