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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTRODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrodontidae (Family)
> Zonitoides (Genus)
> arboreus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLaughlin, 1954
=Helix arborea Say, 1817
=Helix arboreus Say, 1817
=Helix attonis L. Pfeiffer, 1840
=Helix breweri Newcomb, 1864
=Helix lyndhurstensis Cox, 1868
=Hyalina roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Hyalinia (Polita) roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) azoricus A. Riedel, 1964
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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTRODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrodontidae (Family)
> Zonitoides (Genus)
> arboreus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLaughlin, 1954
=Helix arborea Say, 1817
=Helix arboreus Say, 1817
=Helix attonis L. Pfeiffer, 1840
=Helix breweri Newcomb, 1864
=Helix lyndhurstensis Cox, 1868
=Hyalina roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Hyalinia (Polita) roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) azoricus A. Riedel, 1964
Details: Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.I.
Notes:
Land, Introduced, Native over the entire Nearctic region, extending to the tropics of Central America. Introduced into Hawaii, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Hong Kong, South America, Europe, Madeira, Scandinavia, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.119)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil