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Taxonomy
Family:
ATHORACOPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Succineoidei (Infraorder)
> Athoracophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Athoracophoridae (Family)
> Athoracophorus (Genus)
> bitentaculatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conophora Suter, 1913
=Janella Gray, 1850
=Neojanella Cockerell, 1891
=Vomanus Iredale, 1915
=Vomanus Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Athoracophorus bitentaculatus rufovenosus Suter, 1909
=Athoracophorus rufovenosus Suter, 1909
=Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)
Images: Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
On a leaf in low scrub, Far North, NZ. ~25mm
On a leaf in low scrub, Far North, NZ. ~25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ATHORACOPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Succineoidei (Infraorder)
> Athoracophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Athoracophoridae (Family)
> Athoracophorus (Genus)
> bitentaculatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Conophora Suter, 1913
=Janella Gray, 1850
=Neojanella Cockerell, 1891
=Vomanus Iredale, 1915
=Vomanus Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Athoracophorus bitentaculatus rufovenosus Suter, 1909
=Athoracophorus rufovenosus Suter, 1909
=Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)
Details: Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 40mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walker, M. Jan/1988 Athoracophorus bitentaculatus - A New Habitat, Poirieria, 15(4) (p.6)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.298)

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