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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
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

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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