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Taxonomy
Family:
FERUSSACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Achatinina (Suborder)
> Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
> Ferussaciidae (Family)
> Cecilioides (Genus)
> acicula (Species)
Images: Cecilioides acicula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Collected in May 2005, Waiwera Holiday Park, Waiwera, Auckland, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
FERUSSACIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Achatinina (Suborder)
> Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
> Ferussaciidae (Family)
> Cecilioides (Genus)
> acicula (Species)
Details: Cecilioides acicula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern South Island. Also Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Central Asia, U.S.A. and Australia
Notes:
Land
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References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.59)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.449)

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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