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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYMNAEIDAE: AMPHIPEPLEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Lymnaeidae (Family)
> Amphipepleinae (Subfamily)
> Radix (Genus)
> auricularia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limnaea (Radix) Montfort, 1810
=Lymnaea (Radix) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Helix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
=Limnaea (Gulnaria) auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Limnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Images: Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lake Pupuke, Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYMNAEIDAE: AMPHIPEPLEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Lymnaeidae (Family)
> Amphipepleinae (Subfamily)
> Radix (Genus)
> auricularia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limnaea (Radix) Montfort, 1810
=Lymnaea (Radix) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Helix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
=Limnaea (Gulnaria) auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Limnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Freshwater, Non-indigenous, Introduced
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References and Publications
  • Townsend, J.I. Nov/2003 Confirmation of the presence of the freshwater snail Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) Alive in New Zealand, Cookia, 15 (p.38)
  • Charleston, W.A.G., Climo, F.M. Sep/1979 On the occurrence of Lymnaea auricularia (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(3) (p.405)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.450)

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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