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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: PACIFICELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Pacificellinae (Subfamily)
> Tornatellinops (Genus)
> novoseelandicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellidea (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C.M. Cooke, 1915
=Pacificella Odhner, 1922
=Tornatellina (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C.M. Cooke, 1915
=Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Tornatellina neozelanica Hutton, 1884
=Tornatellina novoseelandica Küster, 1852
Images: Tornatellinops novoseelandicus Küster, 1852
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Petone, Wellington, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Fanal Island, Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: PACIFICELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Pacificellinae (Subfamily)
> Tornatellinops (Genus)
> novoseelandicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lamellidea (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C.M. Cooke, 1915
=Pacificella Odhner, 1922
=Tornatellina (Tornatellinops) Pilsbry & C.M. Cooke, 1915
=Tornelasmias Iredale, 1944
Synonymised Names:
=Tornatellina neozelanica Hutton, 1884
=Tornatellina novoseelandica Küster, 1852
Details: Tornatellinops novoseelandicus Küster, 1852
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham Islands and Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.6)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.302)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.289)

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil