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Taxonomy
Family:
AGRIOLIMACIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Limacoidea (Superfamily)
> Agriolimacidae (Family)
> Deroceras (Genus)
> invadens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agriolimax Mörch, 1865
=Deroceras (Agriolimax) Mörch, 1865
Synonymised Names:
=Deroceras (Deroceras) invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2016
=Deroceras panormitanum of authors not Lessona & Pollonera
=Deroceras caruanae of authors not Pollonera
Images: Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2016
Mt Camel, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. Slug up to 30mm, shell 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
AGRIOLIMACIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Limacoidea (Superfamily)
> Agriolimacidae (Family)
> Deroceras (Genus)
> invadens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agriolimax Mörch, 1865
=Deroceras (Agriolimax) Mörch, 1865
Synonymised Names:
=Deroceras (Deroceras) invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2016
=Deroceras panormitanum of authors not Lessona & Pollonera
=Deroceras caruanae of authors not Pollonera
Details: Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2016
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.I.
Notes:
Land, Introduced
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.35)

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
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