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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)
> Schizoglossa (Genus)
> gigantea (Species)
Images: Schizoglossa gigantea Powell, 1930
Collected Mt. Hikurangi, East Cape, NZ. 23mm
Holotype, collected Tahora, Gisborne, NZ (MA72133). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Tahora, Gisborne, NZ (MA72133). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected eastern Bay of Plenty, NZ. rights reserved
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)
> Schizoglossa (Genus)
> gigantea (Species)
Details: Schizoglossa gigantea Powell, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Length 32mm, Width 19mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
Gisborne, Hawkes Bay subfossil. Living in bush East Cape
Geographical Range:
L.N.R.Sf.
Notes:
Land, Recent, Subfossil, Native - Endemic, Similar shape to S.novoseelandica, but much larger
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Poortman, P. Apr/1997 The Diminishing Schizoglossa, Poirieria, 20 (p.24)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.347)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand: their hypothetical ancestry, with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.54) Original Description

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
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