New Zealand Mudsnail
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Tateidae
- Genus
- Potamopyrgus
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 8 countries and 3 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 22 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 150 records
- Tasmania, Australia - 145 records
- Victoria, Australia - 172 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 9 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 45 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1214 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2201 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 972 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 5 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 22 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 13 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Québec, Canada - 2 records