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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Huonodon (Genus)
> pseudoleiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) ureweraensis Suter, 1899
=Helix pseudoleioda Suter, 1890
=Nanina tullia Gray, 1850
Images: Huonodon pseudoleiodon (Suter, 1890)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Huonodon (Genus)
> pseudoleiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) ureweraensis Suter, 1899
=Helix pseudoleioda Suter, 1890
=Nanina tullia Gray, 1850
Details: Huonodon pseudoleiodon (Suter, 1890)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.25mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ, (paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.305)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.221) Original Description

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
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