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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Ptychodon (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Huttonella Suter, 1890
=Maoriana Suter, 1891
Images: Ptychodon blacki Dell, 1955
Holotype, collected 13 Mar 1949, Stillwater River, Caswell Sound head, NZ (M.006156). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 13 Mar 1949, Stillwater River, Caswell Sound head, NZ (M.006156). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 13 Mar 1949, Stillwater River, Caswell Sound head, NZ (M.006156). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected near Wairurahiri Hut, SW of Tuatapere, Southland, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected near Wairurahiri Hut, SW of Tuatapere, Southland, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected near Wairurahiri Hut, SW of Tuatapere, Southland, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Ptychodon (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Huttonella Suter, 1890
=Maoriana Suter, 1891
Details: Ptychodon blacki Dell, 1955
Distribution:
South Island
Type Data:
  • Stillwater River, Caswell Sound head, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.180)
  • Dell, R.K. 1955 The land Mollusca of Fiordland, south-west Otago, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82(5) (p.1142) 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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