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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: ANCYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Ancylinae (Subfamily)
> Ferrissia (Genus)
> dohrniana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ancylus (Ferrissia) B. Walker, 1903
=Ferrissia (Ferrissia) B. Walker, 1903
=Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912
=Gundlachia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912
=Watsonula Mirolli, 1960
Synonymised Names:
=Ancylus dohrnianus Clessin, 1882
=Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
=Gundlachia lucasi Suter, 1905
Images: Ferrissia dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
Trelissick park seepage, Ngaio, Wellington, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trelissick park seepage, Ngaio, Wellington, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trelissick park seepage, Ngaio, Wellington, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Inside view. Trelissick park seepage, Ngaio, Wellington, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trelissick park, Ngaio, Wellington, NZ. 1.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: ANCYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Ancylinae (Subfamily)
> Ferrissia (Genus)
> dohrniana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ancylus (Ferrissia) B. Walker, 1903
=Ferrissia (Ferrissia) B. Walker, 1903
=Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912
=Gundlachia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912
=Watsonula Mirolli, 1960
Synonymised Names:
=Ancylus dohrnianus Clessin, 1882
=Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
=Gundlachia lucasi Suter, 1905
Details: Ferrissia dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Length 4mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, attached to stems and underside of leaves of aquatic plants in quiet waters
Type Data:
  • Lake Waikare, N of Huntly, Bay of Plenty, NZ (Freshwater), (syntype of Gundlachia lucasi Suter, 1905)
Notes:
Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.296)
  • Winterbourn, M.J. 1973 A guide to the Freshwater Mollusca of New Zealand, Tuatara, 20 (p.156)
  • Hubendick, B. 1967 Studies on Ancylidae: The Australian, Pacific and neotropical form groups, Zoologica, 1 (p.21)

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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