Species List for Family: Eulimidae
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- Aclis pseudopareora Powell, 1940
Height 3.2mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland east coast, to upper South Island
ACE.
- Aclis subcarinata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.04mm
Marine, Endemic
Off North Cape and North Island east coast
AE.
- Annulobalcis marshalli Warén, 1981
Height 17mm, Width 5mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island. Off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty
AE.
- Chileutomia neozelanica Powell, 1940
Height 5mm, Width 1.6mm
Marine, Endemic
Between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands
AE.
- Curveulima aupouria (Powell, 1937)
Height 3.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, Northland to Mahia
ACE. 
- Eulima perspicua (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
Height 5mm
Marine, Endemic
Kermadecs. Northland east coast
KACE. - Fuscapex ophioacanthicola Warén, 1981
Marine, Endemic, Parasitic on Ophioacantha sp
Kermadec Islands, 1189-1225 metres
KE.
- Fusceulima goodingi Warén, 1981
Height 3.3mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island. Off Poor Knights Islands, on ecinoid Centrostephanus rodgersi (A. Agassiz)
AE.
- Hypermastus bulbulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Height 13mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
Off Northland east coast
AR.Fo.E.
- Larochella alta Powell, 1927
Height 1.5mm, Width 0.6mm
Marine, Endemic
North and South Island, Chatham Islands
ACFME. - Larochella toreuma Powell, 1927
Height 1.25mm, Width 0.5mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Height 5.75mm, Width 2.25mm
Marine, Endemic
Southland, southern fiords and Chatham Islands. 10-238 metres
FME.
- Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
Height 6.5mm, Width 2.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Chatham, Auckland, Bounty and Antipodes Islands
MAnE. - Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
Height 4.6mm
Marine, Endemic
Kermadec Trench, S of Kermadec Islands
KE. - Melanella luminosa B.A. Marshall, 1997
Height 5.75mm, Width 2.25mm
Marine, Endemic, Animal bioluminescent
Southern Fiords, 10-283 metres, parasitic on the red (carnleyensis) form of the holothurian Ocnus brevidentis (Hutton, 1872)
FE.
- Melanella puhana Dell, 1956
Height 6mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off eastern Otago and Chatham Islands
FME.
- Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Height 7mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Great Barrier Island, Northland
AE.
- Pelseneeria bountyensis (Powell, 1933)
Height 3.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Stewart and Bounty Islands
FAnE.
- Pictobalcis articulata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Height 30mm, Width 9mm
Marine
Northland east coast, NZ. Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Norfolk Island
A
- Punctifera ophiomoerae Warén, 1981
Marine, Endemic, Parasitic on Ophiomoeris obstricta
Off Kermadec Islands, 1189-1225 metres
KE.
- Ruapukea allanae E.C. Smith, 1962
Height 1.5mm, Width 0.7mm
Marine, Endemic
Stewart Island. Off Poutama Island, South Cape
FE.
- Sabinella infrapatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Height 5mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland. Great Barrier Island
AE.
- Scalaronoba secunda Powell, 1940
Height 0.8mm, Width 0.45mm
Marine, Endemic
Off North Cape to Cook Strait
ACE.
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
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