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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYMNAEIDAE: LYMNAEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Lymnaeidae (Family)
> Lymnaeinae (Subfamily)
> Galba (Genus)
> truncatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fossaria Westerlund, 1885
=Lymnaea (Galba) Schrank, 1803
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum truncatulum O.F. Müller, 1774
=Limnaea (Lymnus) truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
=Limnaea alfredi Suter, 1890
=Limnaea truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Images: Galba truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Lectotype of Lymnaea alfredi Suter, 1890, collected creek near Governors Bush, Hooker Valley, Westland, NZ (M.125077). ~8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
LYMNAEIDAE: LYMNAEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Lymnaeidae (Family)
> Lymnaeinae (Subfamily)
> Galba (Genus)
> truncatula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fossaria Westerlund, 1885
=Lymnaea (Galba) Schrank, 1803
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum truncatulum O.F. Müller, 1774
=Limnaea (Lymnus) truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
=Limnaea alfredi Suter, 1890
=Limnaea truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Details: Galba truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Distribution:
South Island
Notes:
Freshwater
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.450)
  • Climo, F.M., Pullan, N.B. 1972 A taxonomic review of the family Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(1) (p.6)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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