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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> wairoaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Images: Allodiscus wairoaensis Suter, 1894
Syntype, collected Wairoa Gorge, Nelson, NZ (M.125204). 3.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Wairoa Gorge, Nelson, NZ (M.125204). 3.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Wairoa Gorge, Nelson, NZ (M.125204). 3.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Near summit of Takaka Hill, Nelson, NZ. 4.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Near summit of Takaka Hill, Nelson, NZ. 4.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Near summit of Takaka Hill, Nelson, NZ. 4.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> wairoaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Details: Allodiscus wairoaensis Suter, 1894
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.3mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson area
Type Data:
  • Wairoa Gorge, SSW of Nelson, NZ, (syntype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Barker, G.M. 2008 A revision of the New Zealand land snails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae), Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 19 (p.92)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.321)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Additions and emendations to the reference list of the land and fresh-water Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8 (p.488) 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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