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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Mitodon (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon suteri Murdoch & Finlay, 1923
Images: Mitodon suteri (Murdoch & Finlay, 1923)
Collected Jan 1984, Waipori River valley, west of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1984, Waipori River valley, west of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1984, Waipori River valley, west of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2004, north side of Seacliff, north of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2004, north side of Seacliff, north of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2004, north side of Seacliff, north of Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Holotype, collected mouth of Akatoa Creek, Taieri River, SW of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70649). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected mouth of Akatoa Creek, Taieri River, SW of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70649). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected mouth of Akatoa Creek, Taieri River, SW of Dunedin, Otago, NZ (MA70649). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Mitodon (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon suteri Murdoch & Finlay, 1923
Details: Mitodon suteri (Murdoch & Finlay, 1923)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.25mm
Distribution:
Otago, South Island
Type Data:
  • Mouth of Akatoa Creek, Taieri River, SW of Dunedin, NZ, (holotype)
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.182)
  • Murdoch, R., Finlay, H. 1923 The occurrence of land Mollusca in a recent sea-beach deposit, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 54 (p.133) 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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