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Taxonomy
Family:
LAURIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Lauriidae (Family)
> Lauria (Genus)
> cylindracea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eruca Swainson, 1840
=Gastrodon R.T. Lowe, 1852
=Lauria (Lauria) Gray, 1840 accepted, alternate representation
=Lauria (Senilauria) Pilsbry, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
=Pupa (Lauria) Gray, 1840
=Reinhardtia O. Boettger, 1878
Synonymised Names:
=Pupa cylindraceus (da Costa, 1778)
=Pupilla muscorum of authors
Images: Lauria cylindracea (da Costa, 1778)
Hamilton, NZ. 3.5mm
Ellerslie, Auckland, NZ. 3.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
LAURIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Lauriidae (Family)
> Lauria (Genus)
> cylindracea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eruca Swainson, 1840
=Gastrodon R.T. Lowe, 1852
=Lauria (Lauria) Gray, 1840 accepted, alternate representation
=Lauria (Senilauria) Pilsbry, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
=Pupa (Lauria) Gray, 1840
=Reinhardtia O. Boettger, 1878
Synonymised Names:
=Pupa cylindraceus (da Costa, 1778)
=Pupilla muscorum of authors
Details: Lauria cylindracea (da Costa, 1778)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.I.
Notes:
Land, Introduced, Widely distributed in western Europe and the eastern Atlantic islands, eastwards to the Caucasus and Asia Minor. Introduced into U.S.A., Canada, Jamaica, South Africa and New Zealand
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.95)
  • Willan, R.C. Sep/1977 The Chrysalis Snail (Lauria cylindracea) in New Zealand, Poirieria, 9(2) (p.27)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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