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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE: PLACOSTYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Orthalicoidei (Infraorder)
> Orthalicoidea (Superfamily)
> Bothriembryontidae (Family)
> Placostylinae (Subfamily)
> Basileostylus (Genus)
> bollonsi arbutus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Placostylus (Basileostylus) F. Haas, 1935
Images: Basileostylus bollonsi arbutus Powell, 1948
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71094). 113mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE: PLACOSTYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Orthalicoidei (Infraorder)
> Orthalicoidea (Superfamily)
> Bothriembryontidae (Family)
> Placostylinae (Subfamily)
> Basileostylus (Genus)
> bollonsi arbutus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Placostylus (Basileostylus) F. Haas, 1935
Details: Basileostylus bollonsi arbutus Powell, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Height 112mm, Width 42mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Type Data:
  • Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Flax Snail Pupuharakeke, Land, Native - Endemic, This 'subspecies' has now been synonymized with bollonsi. It is currently separated out here as a distinct localised population only
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J. 2003 Conservation status of the giant endemic landsnail Placostylus bollonsi on Three Kings Islands, DOC Science Internal Series, 140 (p.8)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.349)
  • Climo, F.M. 1973 The Systematics, Biology and Zoogeography of the land snail fauna of Great Island, Three Kings Group, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(4) (p.585)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.289) 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