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Taxonomy
Family:
LATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Chilinoidea (Superfamily)
> Latiidae (Family)
> Latia (Genus)
> neritoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pelex Gould, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Latia gassiesiana P. Fischer, 1856
=Latia petitiana P. Fischer, 1856
Images: Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
Under rocks in stream, Waikato, NZ
Animal showing bioluminescence. Swanson, Auckland, NZ. ~10mm. © S. Lee
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 21 Oct 1973, Motu Riverbank near Aria, King Country, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
LATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Chilinoidea (Superfamily)
> Latiidae (Family)
> Latia (Genus)
> neritoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pelex Gould, 1852
Synonymised Names:
=Latia gassiesiana P. Fischer, 1856
=Latia petitiana P. Fischer, 1856
Details: Latia neritoides Gray, 1850
Size/Grows to:
Length 11mm, Width 8mm, Height 4.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, Auckland southwards
Geographical Range:
Fw.L.N.
Notes:
Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2011 A new species of Latia Gray, 1850 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Chilinoidea: Latiidae) from Miocene Palaeo-lake Manuherikia, southern New Zealand, and biogeographic implications, Molluscan Research, 31(1) (p.48)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.295)
  • Sep/1967 Latia neritoides - Our Fresh Water Limpet, Poirieria, 4(2)
  • Gray, J.E. 1850 Description of a new genus and several new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine molluscous animals inhabiting New Zealand, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (p.168) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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