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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)
> major (Species)
Images: Schizoglossa major Powell, 1938
Limestone Bluff, W. of Hamilton, NZ (subrecent). 49mm
Near Pukemiro, Waikato, NZ (subrecent)
Holotype, collected pre 1938, near Pukemiro, Waikato, NZ (subrecent) (MA70698). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1938, near Pukemiro, Waikato, NZ (subrecent) (MA70698). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected pre 1938, near Pukemiro, Waikato, NZ (subrecent) (MA70698). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> major (Species)
Details: Schizoglossa major Powell, 1938
Size/Grows to:
Length 49mm, Width 35mm, Height 8mm
Distribution:
Waikato
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Subrecent. Larger than S.worthyae, and more roundly ovate
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)
  • Elliott, B.F. Jun/1966 My Greatest Treasure - Schizoglossa major, Poirieria, 3(3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1938 The Paryphantidae of New Zealand No. 4 and the Genus Placostylus in New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.139) 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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