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Taxonomy
Family:
TESTACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Testacelloidea (Superfamily)
> Testacellidae (Family)
> Testacella (Genus)
> maugei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Testacella (Testacella) Lamarck, 1801 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacella (Testacelloides) A. J. Wagner, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacellus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Sigaretus haliotoides Lamarck, 1801
=Testacella vagans Hutton, 1882
Images: Testacella maugei Férussac, 1819
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Taxonomy
Family:
TESTACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Testacelloidea (Superfamily)
> Testacellidae (Family)
> Testacella (Genus)
> maugei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Testacella (Testacella) Lamarck, 1801 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacella (Testacelloides) A. J. Wagner, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacellus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Sigaretus haliotoides Lamarck, 1801
=Testacella vagans Hutton, 1882
Details: Testacella maugei Férussac, 1819
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland
Geographical Range:
L.N.I.
Notes:
Land, Introduced
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hazelwood, B.F., Roscoe, D.J., Boulton, F. Jun/2003 Grafton Gully - A Home for Native and Introduced Landsnails and Slugs, Poirieria, 29 (p.37)

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