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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: PLANORBINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Planorbinae (Subfamily)
> Gyraulus (Genus)
> corinna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Planorbis (Gyraulus) Charpentier, 1837
Synonymised Names:
=Planorbis corinna Gray, 1850 (original combination)
Images: Gyraulus corinna (Gray, 1850)
Aria, King Country, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Aria, King Country, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Aria, King Country, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: PLANORBINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Planorbinae (Subfamily)
> Gyraulus (Genus)
> corinna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Planorbis (Gyraulus) Charpentier, 1837
Synonymised Names:
=Planorbis corinna Gray, 1850 (original combination)
Details: Gyraulus corinna (Gray, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Length 3.6mm, Width 2.6mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Auckland, NZ (Freshwater), (holotype)
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Four slowly increasing whorls
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.297)
  • Gray, J.E. 1850 Description of a new genus and several new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine molluscous animals inhabiting New Zealand, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (p.167) 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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