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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)
> Neophenacohelix (Genus)
> ziczac (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Theba) ziczac A.A. Gould, 1846
=Helix portia Gray, 1850
=Helix ziczac A.A. Gould, 1846
=Phenacohelix ziczac (A.A. Gould, 1846)
=Phenacohelix ziczag of authors
Images: Neophenacohelix ziczac (A.A. Gould, 1846)
Collected near Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected near Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected near Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
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)
> Neophenacohelix (Genus)
> ziczac (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Theba) ziczac A.A. Gould, 1846
=Helix portia Gray, 1850
=Helix ziczac A.A. Gould, 1846
=Phenacohelix ziczac (A.A. Gould, 1846)
=Phenacohelix ziczag of authors
Details: Neophenacohelix ziczac (A.A. Gould, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.5mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
North Island, Taranaki northwards
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.77)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.318)
  • Gould, A. 1847 New species of Helix, from the Shells of the Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2 (p.166) 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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