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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)
> prousei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix prousei Powell, 1952
Images: Phacussa prousei (Powell, 1952)
Collected Feb 1963, Heaphy Track, Westland, NZ. 10.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 1963, Heaphy Track, Westland, NZ. 10.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 1963, Heaphy Track, Westland, NZ. 10.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Holotype, collected in 1952, Paturau River, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71181). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1952, Paturau River, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71181). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected in 1952, Paturau River, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71181). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> prousei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix prousei Powell, 1952
Details: Phacussa prousei (Powell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 4.8mm
Distribution:
South Island. West Nelson
Type Data:
  • Paturau River, W of Collingwood, NZ, (holotype)
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.316)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1952 Four new species of New Zealand land snails and the systematic position of Gerontia cordelia Hutton, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.164) 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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