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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: OTOCONCHINAE
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)
> Otoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Otoconcha (Genus)
> dimidiata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Otoconcha) dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) alternate representation
=Vitrina dimidiata L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Otoconcha dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Wilkinson Track, Kapiti Island, Wellington, NZ. 14.8mm (animal). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Wilkinson Track, Kapiti Island, Wellington, NZ. 14.8mm (animal). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Under log, Gordon Park Scenic Reserve, Wanganui, NZ. 15mm (animal). © rights reserved
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: OTOCONCHINAE
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)
> Otoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Otoconcha (Genus)
> dimidiata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Otoconcha) dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) alternate representation
=Vitrina dimidiata L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Otoconcha dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm
Distribution:
North and South 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.334)
  • Climo, F.M. 1971 Classification of New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata). 4. A revision of the subfamily Otoconchinae Cockerell (Punctidae Morse), Records of the Dominion Museum, 7 (p.44)

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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