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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Phacussa (Genus)
> fulminata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa cassandra Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Phacussa) fulminata (Hutton, 1882)
=Zonites fulminata Hutton, 1882
Images: Phacussa fulminata (Hutton, 1882)
Mason Bay Flats, near Island Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Mason Bay Flats, near Island Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Mason Bay Flats, near Island Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Table Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. 11.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Table Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. 11.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Table Hill, Stewart Island, NZ. 11.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Phacussa (Genus)
> fulminata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa cassandra Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Phacussa) fulminata (Hutton, 1882)
=Zonites fulminata Hutton, 1882
Details: Phacussa fulminata (Hutton, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Width 12mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
Stewart 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.315)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 Descriptions of new land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(6) (p.281) 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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