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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)
> Lymnaea (Genus)
> stagnalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limnaea Blainville, 1824
=Limneus Sandberger, 1875
=Limneus Draparnaud, 1801
Synonymised Names:
=Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Images: Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Collected Heathcote River, Christchurch, NZ (M.125546). © 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)
> Lymnaea (Genus)
> stagnalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limnaea Blainville, 1824
=Limneus Sandberger, 1875
=Limneus Draparnaud, 1801
Synonymised Names:
=Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Details: Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
Fw.N.S.
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)

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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