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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)
> zebra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix flammigera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Helix multilimbata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847
=Helix phlogophora L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Vitrina zebra Le Guillou, 1842
Images: Flammulina zebra (Le Guillou, 1842)
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
In damp litter, Kaiteriteri, Tasman, NZ. © rights reserved
In damp litter, Kaiteriteri, Tasman, NZ. © rights reserved
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)
> zebra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix flammigera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Helix multilimbata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847
=Helix phlogophora L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Vitrina zebra Le Guillou, 1842
Details: Flammulina zebra (Le Guillou, 1842)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.5mm, Height 3.7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Campbell Islands
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Description:
Much smaller umbilicus than Flammulina crebriflammis, which has a similar colour pattern

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.314)

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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