Species List for Family: Epitoniidae
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- 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 14mm, Width 6mm
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 west coast 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
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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