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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: MIRATESTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Miratestinae (Subfamily)
> Glyptophysa (Genus)
> oconnori (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) Crosse, 1872
=Glyptophysa (Oppletora) Iredale, 1943
=Lenameria Iredale, 1943
=Physa (Physastra) Tapparone Canefri, 1883
=Physastra Tapparone Canefri, 1883
=Tasmadora Iredale, 1943
Synonymised Names:
=Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) oconnori (Cumber, 1941) accepted, alternate representation
=Isidora oconnori Cumber, 1941
=Physastra oconnori (Cumber, 1941)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PLANORBIDAE: MIRATESTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Hygrophila (Superorder)
> Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily)
> Planorbidae (Family)
> Miratestinae (Subfamily)
> Glyptophysa (Genus)
> oconnori (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) Crosse, 1872
=Glyptophysa (Oppletora) Iredale, 1943
=Lenameria Iredale, 1943
=Physa (Physastra) Tapparone Canefri, 1883
=Physastra Tapparone Canefri, 1883
=Tasmadora Iredale, 1943
Synonymised Names:
=Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) oconnori (Cumber, 1941) accepted, alternate representation
=Isidora oconnori Cumber, 1941
=Physastra oconnori (Cumber, 1941)
Details: Glyptophysa oconnori (Cumber, 1941)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
South Island. North Canterbury
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Sinistral
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.297)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1941 Two new species of freshwater molluscs from the Waikari Moa Swamp, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 4 (p.359) Original Description

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