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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)
> Thermia (Genus)
> cressida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Pyrrha) Hutton, 1883
=Pyrrha Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Pfeifferia cressida Hutton, 1883
=Pyrrha cressida (Hutton, 1883)
Images: Thermia cressida (Hutton, 1883)
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 7.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 7.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 7.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 8.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 8.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1997, Takitimu, Otatara, Southland, NZ. 8.7mm. 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)
> Thermia (Genus)
> cressida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Pyrrha) Hutton, 1883
=Pyrrha Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Pfeifferia cressida Hutton, 1883
=Pyrrha cressida (Hutton, 1883)
Details: Thermia cressida (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 12mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
South and Stewart Islands
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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.476) 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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