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Mollusca (Chitons, Gastropods,

Bivalves and Cephalopods)

Dorididae

Bivalvia	Clams, mussels and kin	Common name & details
	Atrina zelandica	New Zealand horse mussel
	Limaria orientalis	Electric clam (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	Pecten novaezelandiae	Common scallop (Fiordland, New Zealand)
	Pedum species	Burrowing clam (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	*Pedum spondyloideum*	Burrowing clam (Fiji)
	Pteria penguin	Penguin wing oyster (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	Pteria tortirostris	Oyster (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	Spondylus varians	Variable thorny oyster
	Tridacna crocea	Burrowing clam (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	*Tridacna gigas*	Giant clam


Cephalopoda	Octopuses, squid, cuttlefish & nautilus	Common name & details
	Nautilus pompilius	Chambered nautilus
	*Nototodarus sloanii*	Squid (Kaikoura, New Zealand)
	*Octopus briareus*	Caribbean reef octopus (Belize)
	Octopus maorum	Common New Zealand octopus
	*Sepia latimanus*	Reef cuttlefish (Sulawesi)
	Sepioteuthis australis	Southern calamari squid (Australia)
	Sepioteuthis sepioidea	Caribbean reef squid (Bahamas)

Gastropoda	Snails and slugs	Common name & details
	Acochlideacea
	Aegiretidae
	Aglajidae
	Archidodiridae
	Chromodorididae
	Dorididae
	Elysiidae
	Glaucidae
	Hydrobiidae	Mud snails
	Onchiidae
	Phyllidiidae
	Plakobranchidae
	Polyceridae

Polyplacophora	Chitons	Common name & details
	*Cryptoconchus porosus*	Butterfly chiton and seastar (New Zealand)
	*Plaxiphora caelata*	"Hairy" chiton (New Zealand)