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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. © rights reserved
On a leaf in low scrub, Far North, NZ. ~25mm. © rights reserved
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
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)

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