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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)
> Phenacohelix (Genus)
> pilula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) Suter, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907
=Helix chordata L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix iota L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix pilula Reeve, 1852
=Phenacohelix pilula var. unicolor Suter, 1894
Images: Phenacohelix pilula (Reeve, 1852)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Phenacohelix (Genus)
> pilula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) Suter, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907
=Helix chordata L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix iota L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix pilula Reeve, 1852
=Phenacohelix pilula var. unicolor Suter, 1894
Details: Phenacohelix pilula (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ, (paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907)
  • Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, NZ, (syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F. 2001 A revision of the genus Phenacohelix Suter, 1892 (Mollusca: Pulmonata) with descriptions of four new species and reassignment of Thalassohelix ziczag (Gould, 1846), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 38 (p.66)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.322)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 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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