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Art. XXXIX.—List of Marine Mollusca found in the neighbourhood of Wellington.

By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in the Colonial Museum.

[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st February, 1880.]

In the author's preface to the new Manual of New Zealand Mollusca, just published by the Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, the following passage occurs:—“Much still remains to be done towards working out the geographical distribution of the species; and lists would be particularly valuable from Napier, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Hokitika, and Banks Peninsula.”

Since reading the above-quoted passage, I have carefully examined the large collections contained in the Colonial Museum, and also the private cabinets of Mr. E. Butts, junr., Mr. H. B. Kirk, and Mr. Herbert, to all of whom my sincere thanks are due.

The results of this examination will be found in the following catalogue, which contains in all the names of 262 species and varieties, as follows:—

  • Cephalopoda—7

  • Scaphopoda—2

  • Gasteropoda—163

  • Lamellibranchiata—84

Brachiopoda—6

This number will probably, ere long, be greatly increased, as no attempt worthy of the name has yet been made to dredge this part of the coast.

Where a species which has no Wellington representative in the Colonial Museum occurs in a private cabinet, the initials of the collector are appended.

For the purposes of this paper, I shall consider the neighbourhood of Wellington to include not only the Harbour, but also that piece of coast between Pencarrow Head and Porirua Harbour.

It was my intention to have appended notes on the relative abundance of the various species, as also on observed phenomena connected with the growth of individual forms; but these must be reserved for a future occasion.

Cephalopoda.

  • Octopus maorum, Hutton.

  • Argonauta tuberculata, Shaw.

  • Onychoteuthis bartlingii, Lesueur.

  • Ommastrephes sloanii, Gray.

  • Sepioteuthis bilineata, Q. and G.

  • Sepia apama, Gray (broken shells).

  • Spirula peronii, Lam.

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Gasteropoda.

  • Onchidella nigricans, Q. and G.

  • Amphibola avellana, Chem.

  • Siphonaria australis, Quoy.

  • " sipho, Sow.

  • " obliquata, Sow.

  • Gadinia nivea, Hutton.

  • Acus kirki, Hutton.

  • Pleurotoma albula, Hutton.

  • Drillia novæ-zealandiæ, Reeve.

  • Daphnella cancellata, Hutton.

  • Defranchia luteo-fasciata, Reeve.

  • Murex zealandicus, Quoy.

  • " angasi, Crosse

  • " octogonus, Quoy.

  • Trophon ambiguus, H. and J.

  • " stangeri, Gray.

  • " incisus, Gould.

  • " inferus, Hutton.

  • " paivæ, Crosse.

  • Fusus spiralis, Adams.

  • Neptunea zealandica, Quoy.

  • " caudata, Q. and G.

  • " dilatata, Quoy.

  • " nodosa, Martyn.

  • " " var. B.

  • " " " C.

  • " traversi, Hutton (small).

  • Euthria lineata, Chem.

  • " var. C.

  • " littorinoides, Reeve.

  • " martensiana, Hutton.

  • Cominella maculata, Martyn.

  • " testudinea, Chem.

  • " nassoides, Reeve.

  • " lineolata, Lam.

  • " funerea, Gould.

  • Purpura haustrum, Martyn.

  • Polytropa textiliosa, Lam.

  • " succincta, Lam.

  • " striata, Martyn.

  • " quoyi, Reeve.

  • " scobina, Q. and G.

  • Ancillaria australis, Sow.

  • Coriocella ophione, Gray.

  • Mitra rubiginosa, Hutton.

  • Voluta pacifica, Lam.

  • " " var.

  • " gracilis, Swainson. (E.B.)

  • Marginella albescens, Hutton.

  • Erato lactea, Hutton.

  • Triton spengleri, Chem.

  • Ranella leucostoma, Lam.

  • " vexillum, Sow.

  • Cassis pyrum, Lam.

  • Trivia australis, Lam.

  • " coccinella, Lam.

  • Struthiolaria papulosa, Martyn.

  • " " var. B.

  • " " " C.

  • " australis, Gml.

  • " inermis, Sow.

  • Trichotropis inornata, Hutton.

  • Scalaria wellingtonensis, sp. nov.

  • Philippia lutea, Lam.

  • Ianthina communis, Lam.

  • " iricolor, Reeves.

  • " exigua, Lam.

  • Natica zealandica, Quoy.

  • Chemnitzia zealandica, Hutton.

  • Obeliscus roseus, Hutton.

  • Odostomia lactea, Angas.

  • Eulima chathamensis, Hutton.

  • Cerithidea bicarinata, Gray.

  • " nigra, Q. and G.

  • Bittium terebelloides, v. Martens.

  • Littorina cincta, Quoy.

  • " cærulescens, Lam.

  • Fossarina varius, Hutton.

  • Rissoina plicata, Hutton.

  • " purpurea, Hutton.

  • Barleeia rosea, Hutton.

  • " nana, Hutton.

  • " impolita, Hutton.

  • Turritella rosea, Quoy.

  • " fulminata, Hutton.

  • Cladopoda zealandica, Quoy.

  • Siliquaria australis, Quoy.

  • Trochita scutum, Lesson.

  • " novæ-zealandiæ, Lesson.

  • Crypta costata, Deshayes.

  • " monoxyla, Lesson.

  • " unguiformis, Lam.

  • Hipponyx australis, Lam. (E.B.)

  • Acmæa pileopsis, Q. and G.

  • " fragilis, Chem.

  • Nerita atrata, Lam.

  • Turbo smaragdus, Martyn.

  • " " var. B.

  • " granosus, Martyn.

  • Calcar cookii, Lam.

  • " imperialis, Lam.

  • Rotella zealandica, H. and J.

  • Anthora tuberculata, Gray.

  • " chathamensis, Hutton.

  • " tiarata, Q. and G.

  • Euchelus bellus, Hutton.

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  • Diloma æthiops, Gml.

  • " nigerrima, Chem.

  • " gaimardi, Philippi.

  • " hectori, Hutton. (H.B.K.)

  • Trochocochlea subrostrata, Gray.

  • Zizyphimus punctulatus, Martyn.

  • " granatum, Chem.

  • " selectus, Chem.

  • " cunninghami, Gray.

  • Cantharidus iris, Gml.

  • " zealandicus, Adams.

  • " purpuratus, Martyn.

  • " huttoni, Smith.

  • Bankivia varians, Beck.

  • Monilea egena, Gould.

  • Gibbula sanguinea, Gray.

  • " simulata, Hutton.

  • " inconspicua, Hutton.

  • Margarita fulminata, Hutton.

  • Haliotis iris, Martyn.

  • " rugoso-plicata, Chem.

  • " gibba, Philippi.

  • Emarginula striatula, Quoy.

  • Tugali parmophoidea, Q. and G.

  • Parmophorus unguis, Lin.

  • Patella inconspicua, Gray.

  • " reevei, Hutton.

  • " affinis, Reeve.

  • " radians, Gml.

  • " flava, Hutton.

  • Patella tramoserica, Martyn.

  • " stellularia, Quoy.

  • " stellifera, Chem.

  • " rubiginosa, Hutton.

  • Chiton pellis-serpentis, Quoy.

  • " sinclairi, Gray.

  • " concentricus, Reeve.

  • " glaucus, Gray.

  • Lepidopleurus longicymbus, De Blainville.

  • Tonicia undulata, Quoy.

  • " rubiginosa, Hutton.

  • Chætopleura nobilis, Gray.

  • Plaxiphora biramosa, Q. and G.

  • Acanthochites zealandicus, Q. and G.

  • " porphyreticus, Reeve.

  • " ovatus, Hutton.

  • Cryptoconchus porosus, Burrow.

  • Cylichna striata, Hutton.

  • Bulla quoyi, Gray.

  • Haminea obesa, Low.

  • Philine sp.

  • Aplysia brunnea, Hutton.

  • " venosa, Hutton.

  • Aplysia tryoni, Meinertzhagen.

  • Pleurobranchæa novæ-zealandiæ, Cheeseman.

  • Doris wellingtonensis, Abraham.

  • Phidiana longicauda, Quoy.

Scaphopoda.

  • Dentalium huttoni, sp. nov.

  • Dentalium sp. (broken).

Lamellibranchiata.

  • Barnea similis, Gray.

  • Pholadidea spathulata, Sow.

  • Teredo antarctica, Hutton.

  • Saxicava australis, Lam.

  • Panopæa zealandica, Quoy.

  • Corbula zealandica, Quoy.

  • Anatina tasmanica, Reeve.

  • Lyonsia vitrea, Hutton.

  • Myodora striata, Quoy.

  • Chamostræa albida, Lam.

  • Mactra discors, Gray.

  • " scalpellum, Desh.

  • " æquilateris, Desh.

  • " donaciformis, Gray (?)

  • Standella ovata, Gray.

  • " elongata, Q. and G.

  • " notata, Hutton.

  • Zenatia acinaces, Q. and G.

  • Vanganella taylori, Gray.

  • Raeta perspicua, Hutton.

  • Psammobia stangeri, Gray.

  • " lineolata, Gray.

  • " affinis, Reeve.

  • Soletellina nitida, Gray.

  • Tellina alba, Q. and G.

  • " deltoidalis, Desh.

  • " disculus, Desh.

  • " subovata, Sow.

  • Mesodesma novæ-zealandiæ, Chem.

  • " ovalis, Desh.

  • " ventricosa, Gray.

  • " spissa, Reeve.

  • Venus oblonga, Hanley.

  • " creba, Hutton.

  • Chione lamellata, Lam.

  • " yatei, Gray.

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  • Chione costata, Quoy.

  • " mesodesma, Quoy.

  • " stuchburyi, Gray.

  • Callista multistriata, Sow.

  • Artemis australis, Gray.

  • " subrosea, Gray.

  • " lambata, Gould.

  • " grayi, Zittel. (H.B.K.).

  • Tapes intermedia, Quoy.

  • Venerupis reflexa, Gray.

  • " paupercula, Desh. (?)

  • Cardium striatulum, Sow.

  • Lucina divaricata, Lam.

  • Diplodonta globularis, Lam.

  • Kellia cycladiformis, Desh.

  • Pythina stowei, Hutton.

  • Solemya parkinsoni, Smith.

  • Crassatella bellula, Adams.

  • Cardita australis, Lam.

  • Barbatia decussata, Sow.

  • " pusilla, Sow.

  • Pectunculus laticostatus, Quoy.

  • " striatularis, Lam.

  • Nucula nitidula, A. Adams.

  • " strangei, A. Adams.

  • " sulcata, A. Adams.

  • Leda concinna, A. Adams.

  • Solenella australis, Q. and G.

  • Mytilus magellanicus, Lam.

  • " latus, Chem.

  • " edulis, L. Reeve.

  • " ater, Frauenfeld.

  • Crenella impacta, Hermann.

  • Modiola areolata, Gould.

  • " fluviatilis, Hutton.

  • Lithodomus truncatus, Gray. (H.B.K.)

  • Pinna zealandiæ, Gray.

  • Pecten zealandiæ, Gray.

  • " gemmulatns, Reeve.

  • " radiatus, Hutton.

  • " vellicatus, Hutton.

  • Vola laticostatus, Gray.

  • Lima japonica, A. Adams.

  • " angulata, Sow.

  • Anomia stowei, Hutton. (H.B.K.)

  • " alectus, Gray. (H.B.K.)

  • Planunanomia zealandica, Gray.

  • " ione, Gray. (H.B.K.)

  • Ostrea edulis, L. Reeve.

  • " discoidea, Gould.

Brachiopoda.

  • Waldheimia lenticularis, Desh.

  • Terebratella cruenta, Dillwyn.

  • " rubicunda, Solander.

  • Magas evansii, Davidson.

  • Bouchardia cumingii, Davidson.

  • Rhynchonella nigricans, Sow.

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