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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Fectola (Genus)
> tau (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola trilamellata Climo, 1978
=Helix tau L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Images: Fectola tau (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Holotype of Fectola trilamellata Climo, 1978, collected 16 Sep 1967, Whaler's Bay, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ (M.047445). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Fectola trilamellata Climo, 1978, collected 16 Sep 1967, Whaler's Bay, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ (M.047445). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Fectola trilamellata Climo, 1978, collected 16 Sep 1967, Whaler's Bay, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ (M.047445). 2.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Fectola (Genus)
> tau (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola trilamellata Climo, 1978
=Helix tau L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Details: Fectola tau (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.6mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.187) 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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