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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
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)

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