Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956) Height 10mm, Width 3.5mm Marine, Endemic North Island, Cook Strait and eastern South Island ACE. |
Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956 Height 7mm, Width 3mm Marine, Endemic North Island, Hawkes Bay to Chatham Islands CFME. |
Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866) Height 33mm, Width 12mm Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands ACFME. |
Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961 Height 83mm, Width 22.4mm Marine Off Three Kings Islands, Norfolk Islands, Japan. 200-730 metres A |
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, Endemic, Gaps between varices are striated Northland to Mahia ACE. |
Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852) Height 13mm, Width 4mm Wentletrap, Marine, Endemic North Island to Cook Strait. Also Tasmania and from New South Wales to Western Australia ACE. |
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, Endemic, In sheltered shallow water, on silty sand Northland to Nelson/Marlborough, in silty sand. Also Queensland to Victoria, Australia ACE. |
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 |
Iphitus neozelanicus (Dell, 1956) Height 3.3mm, Width 2.3mm Marine, Endemic Kermadecs to Auckland Islands. Trawled from around 250-900 metres KACFMAnE. |
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, Endemic Off North Cape and Northland AE. |
Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Height 5.7mm, Width 1.6mm Marine, Endemic Off North, South, Stewart, Chathams and Snares Islands ACMAnE. |
Opalia ahiparana (Powell, 1930) Height 7mm, Width 2.5mm Marine, Endemic Northland, off Ahipara 130 metres AE. |
Recluzia lutea (Bennett, 1840) Height 37mm, Width 26mm Marine, Pelagic, feeds on floating Minyadidae anemones Washed ashore Northland to Bay of Plenty KA |