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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMULININAE
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)
> Flammulininae (Subfamily)
> Flammulina (Genus)
> olivacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892
Images: Flammulina olivacea (Suter, 1892)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMULININAE
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)
> Flammulininae (Subfamily)
> Flammulina (Genus)
> olivacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892
Details: Flammulina olivacea (Suter, 1892)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.0mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Northland to Auckland
Type Data:
  • Near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ, (syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.314)
  • Suter, H. 1892 On the dentition of some New Zealand land and fresh-water Mollusca, with descriptions of new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 24 (p.290) 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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