Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods, & kin)

Kerry Walton; Bruce A Marshall; Hamish Spencer

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Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods, & kin)

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Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods, & kin)

Kerry Walton, Bruce A Marshall and Hamish Spencer

The Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand: Updating our marine biodiversity inventory, pp.216-237

NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs, 136, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

15/12/2023

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marine biota

Aotearoa

New Zealand

Mollusca

clams

slugs

snails

cephalopods

The extant and fossil marine mollusc faunas of Aotearoa New Zealand are relatively well known. A total of 4371 extant species and subspecies are presently recognised, of which 80% are endemic to New Zealand. This total represents a 19% increase (688 taxa) since Spencer et al. (2009) (Table 14.1; Figs 14.1, 14.2). Of these, 2,491 species are named, and 1,880 are known, undescribed species. About 7,000 species are known from the fossil record, which includes many extant taxa. A checklist of the extant marine Mollusca is provided here. A comprehensive revision of the taxonomic treatments of extant taxa, including listings of unnamed taxa, new synoymies and resurrections from synonymy is currently in preparation (Marshall, B.A. (Ed.) in prep.). Extinct marine mollusc taxa are not reviewed here.

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Record Identifier: 9926793730901891
Title: Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods, & kin)
Creators: Kerry Walton
Bruce A Marshall
Hamish Spencer
Contributors: Michelle Kelly (Editor) - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Sadie Mills (Editor) - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Marianna Terezow (Editor) - GNS Science
Carina Sim-Smith (Editor)
Wendy Nelson (Editor) - Auckland War Memorial Museum
Publication Details: The Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand: Updating our marine biodiversity inventory, pp.216-237
Academic Unit: Zoology
Publisher: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Date published ; e-published: 15/12/2023
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Language: English
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