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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)
> Maoristylus (Genus)
> ambagiosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Placostylus) H. Beck, 1837
=Placostylus (Euplacostylus) Crosse, 1875
=Placostylus (Maoristylus) F. Haas, 1935
Synonymised Names:
=Placostylus (Maoristylus) ambagiosus Suter, 1907
Images: Maoristylus ambagiosus Suter, 1906
From the Far North. 73mm. Photographed from an old collection, pre 1970's
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)
> Maoristylus (Genus)
> ambagiosus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Placostylus) H. Beck, 1837
=Placostylus (Euplacostylus) Crosse, 1875
=Placostylus (Maoristylus) F. Haas, 1935
Synonymised Names:
=Placostylus (Maoristylus) ambagiosus Suter, 1907
Details: Maoristylus ambagiosus Suter, 1906
Size/Grows to:
Height 77mm, Width 34mm
Distribution:
Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North
Type Data:
  • Motuopao Island, Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ, (lectotype of Placostylus hongii ambagiosus Suter, 1906)
Notes:
Flax Snail Pupuharakeke, Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Buckley, T.R., Stringer, I., Gleeson, D., Howitt, R., Attanayake, D., Parrish, R., Sherley, G.H., Rohan, M. 2011 A revision of the New Zealand Placostylus land snails using mitochondrial DNA and shell morphometric analyses, with implications for conservation., New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 38(1) (p.55)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.350)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1951 On further colonies of Placostylus land snails from northernmost New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(2) (p.138)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Le genre Placostylus dans la Nouvelle-Zélande, Journal de Conchyliologie, 54 (p.253) 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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