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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Delos (Genus)
> jeffreysiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Helix jeffreysiana L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix jeffreysiana Reeve, 1852
Images: Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 6.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 6.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 6.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
RHYTIDIDAE: RHYTIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Rhytidoidei (Infraorder)
> Rhytidoidea (Superfamily)
> Rhytididae (Family)
> Rhytidinae (Subfamily)
> Delos (Genus)
> jeffreysiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Helix jeffreysiana L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix jeffreysiana Reeve, 1852
Details: Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
Northland Peninsula and offshore Islands. Three Kings, Poor Knights, Great Barrier Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.348)

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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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