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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
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)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Pulchridomus (Genus)
> barbatula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix barbatula Reeve, 1852
=Helix beta L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Pulchridomus barbatula (Reeve, 1852)
Collected 20 Mar 2007, near Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 3.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 20 Mar 2007, near Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 3.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 20 Mar 2007, near Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 3.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
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)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Pulchridomus (Genus)
> barbatula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix barbatula Reeve, 1852
=Helix beta L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Pulchridomus barbatula (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1980 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata) VII: The genera Aeschrodomus Pilsbry and Pulchridomus n. gen. (Charopidae), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1 (p.295)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.311)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 (p.814) 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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