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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Thalassohelix (Genus)
> igniflua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix igniflua Reeve, 1852
=Helix lambda L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Thalassohelix igniflua (Reeve, 1852)
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Thalassohelix (Genus)
> igniflua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix igniflua Reeve, 1852
=Helix lambda L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Thalassohelix igniflua (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 15.5mm, Height 8.8mm
Distribution:
Southern half of South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
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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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