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Taxonomy
Family:
SUCCINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Succineoidei (Infraorder)
> Succineoidea (Superfamily)
> Succineidae (Family)
> Succinea (Genus)
> archeyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosuccinea Iredale, 1937
Images: Succinea archeyi Powell, 1933
In sand dunes, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 10mm
In sand dunes, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~9-10mm
Holotype, collected Feb 1932, Doubtless Bay, NZ (MA70742). 11mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SUCCINEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Succineoidei (Infraorder)
> Succineoidea (Superfamily)
> Succineidae (Family)
> Succinea (Genus)
> archeyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosuccinea Iredale, 1937
Details: Succinea archeyi Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Coastal sand dunes
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J. 1999 Distribution and conservation status of the dune snail Succinea archeyi Powell (Stylommatophora: Succineidae) in northern New Zealand, Department of Conservation, Wellington, 129 (p.5)
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.25)
  • Climo, F.M. 1980 Additional fossil records of Succinea (Austrosuccinea) archeyi (Powell) (Mollusca: Succineidae) in New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(1) (p.27)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.298)
  • Gardner, N.W. Dec/1975 Papusuccinea archeyi, Poirieria, 8(2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 Two new land shells from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.192) 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
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