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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)
> Pseudosuccinea (Genus)
> columella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Limnaea acuminata C.B. Adams, 1840
=Limnaea francisca Poey, 1858
=Limnophysa vitrea (Haldeman, 1842)
Images: Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)
Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
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)
> Pseudosuccinea (Genus)
> columella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Limnaea acuminata C.B. Adams, 1840
=Limnaea francisca Poey, 1858
=Limnophysa vitrea (Haldeman, 1842)
Details: Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)
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)
  • Jun/1974 Lymnaea columella Say, 1817, Poirieria, 7(4) (p.90)
  • 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.8)

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