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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE: PLACOSTYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Orthalicoidei (Infraorder)
> Orthalicoidea (Superfamily)
> Bothriembryontidae (Family)
> Placostylinae (Subfamily)
> Basileostylus (Genus)
> bollonsi caperatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Placostylus (Basileostylus) Haas, 1935
Images: Basileostylus bollonsi caperatus Powell, 1948
From the Three Kings Islands. 91mm. Photographed from an old collection, pre 1970's
Holotype, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71095). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
BOTHRIEMBRYONTIDAE: PLACOSTYLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Orthalicoidei (Infraorder)
> Orthalicoidea (Superfamily)
> Bothriembryontidae (Family)
> Placostylinae (Subfamily)
> Basileostylus (Genus)
> bollonsi caperatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Placostylus (Basileostylus) Haas, 1935
Details: Basileostylus bollonsi caperatus Powell, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Height 97mm, Width 36mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
L.E.
Notes:
Flax Snail Pupuharakeke, Land, Endemic, This 'subspecies' has now been synonymized with bollonsi. It is currently separated out here as a distinct localised population only
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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