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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMOCONCHINAE
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)
> Flammoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Flammoconcha (Genus)
> compressivoluta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix compressivoluta Reeve, 1852
=Helix omega L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Flammoconcha compressivoluta (Reeve, 1852)
SW along North Range Road, Woodville, Wairarapa, NZ. 8.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
SW along North Range Road, Woodville, Wairarapa, NZ. 8.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
SW along North Range Road, Woodville, Wairarapa, NZ. 8.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMOCONCHINAE
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)
> Flammoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Flammoconcha (Genus)
> compressivoluta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix compressivoluta Reeve, 1852
=Helix omega L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Flammoconcha compressivoluta (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 9.5mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North Island
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.313)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 (p.791) 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