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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: PACIFICELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Pacificellinae (Subfamily)
> Lamellidea (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellaria Liardet, 1876
=Lamellidea (Atea) C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1933
=Lamellidea (Auhea) Y. Y. Kondo, 1962
=Lamellidea (Elamellidea) C. M. Cooke & Y. C. M. Cooke & Y. Kondo, 1961
=Lamellidea (Lamellidea) Pilsbry, 1910
=Lamellidea (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C. M. C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Lamellina Pease, 1861
=Tornatellina (Lamellidea) Pilsbry, 1910
=Tornatellina (Lamellina) Pease, 1861
=Tornatellina (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C. M. C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Tornatellinops C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Bulimus jacksonensis J. C. Cox, 1864
=Tornatellina duplicilamellata Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina inconspicua Brazier, 1872
=Tornatellina neozelanica Hutton, 1884
=Tornatellina norfolkensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina norfolkensis moohuensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina norfolkensis nepeanensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina novoseelandica Küster, 1852
=Tornatellina novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Tornatellinops inconspicua (Brazier, 1872)
=Tornatellinops jacksonensis (J. C. Cox, 1864)
=Tornatellinops novoseelandicus (Küster, 1852)
=Tornelasmias capricorni Iredale, 1944
Images: Lamellidea novoseelandica (Küster, 1852)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Petone, Wellington, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Fanal Island, Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: PACIFICELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Pacificellinae (Subfamily)
> Lamellidea (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellaria Liardet, 1876
=Lamellidea (Atea) C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1933
=Lamellidea (Auhea) Y. Y. Kondo, 1962
=Lamellidea (Elamellidea) C. M. Cooke & Y. C. M. Cooke & Y. Kondo, 1961
=Lamellidea (Lamellidea) Pilsbry, 1910
=Lamellidea (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C. M. C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Lamellina Pease, 1861
=Tornatellina (Lamellidea) Pilsbry, 1910
=Tornatellina (Lamellina) Pease, 1861
=Tornatellina (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C. M. C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Tornatellinops C. M. Cooke & Pilsbry, 1915
=Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Bulimus jacksonensis J. C. Cox, 1864
=Tornatellina duplicilamellata Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina inconspicua Brazier, 1872
=Tornatellina neozelanica Hutton, 1884
=Tornatellina norfolkensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina norfolkensis moohuensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina norfolkensis nepeanensis Preston, 1913
=Tornatellina novoseelandica Küster, 1852
=Tornatellina novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Tornatellinops inconspicua (Brazier, 1872)
=Tornatellinops jacksonensis (J. C. Cox, 1864)
=Tornatellinops novoseelandicus (Küster, 1852)
=Tornelasmias capricorni Iredale, 1944
Details: Lamellidea novoseelandica (Küster, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham Islands and Three Kings Islands
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.6)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.302)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.289)

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil