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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 F. 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 F. 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
Notes:
Freshwater
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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)

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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