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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
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

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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