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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Schizoglossa (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daudebardia novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Images: Schizoglossa novoseelandica (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
From bush around Te Awamutu, NZ. 14mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Schizoglossa (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daudebardia novoseelandica L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Details: Schizoglossa novoseelandica (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Width 14mm, Height 7mm
Distribution:
North Island. Wanganui to Te Awamutu
Type Data:
  • Kakepuku Mountain, SW of Te Awamutu, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Poortman, P. Sep/1999 Schizoglossa - Alive and well on the mainland?, Poirieria, 24 (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.347)
  • Climo, F.M. 1977 A new higher classification of New Zealand Rhytididae (Mollusca: Pulmonata), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 7(1) (p.63)
  • Pfeiffer, L. 1861 Diagnosen einiger Landschnecken von Neuseeland, Malakozoologische Blätter, 8 (p.146) 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