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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Dendropa (Genus)
> pilsbryi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calymna arboricola Iredale, 1913
=Flammulina (Calymna) pilsbryi Suter, 1894 (original combination)
=Flammulina arboricola (Iredale, 1913)
=Flammulina costulata parva Suter, 1909
Images: Dendropa pilsbryi (Suter, 1894)
Collected 24 Feb 2010, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 24 Feb 2010, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 24 Feb 2010, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype, collected Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, NZ (M.022440). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, NZ (M.022440). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Riccarton Bush, Christchurch, NZ (M.022440). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Dendropa (Genus)
> pilsbryi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calymna arboricola Iredale, 1913
=Flammulina (Calymna) pilsbryi Suter, 1894 (original combination)
=Flammulina arboricola (Iredale, 1913)
=Flammulina costulata parva Suter, 1909
Details: Dendropa pilsbryi (Suter, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
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.303)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Further contributions to the knowledge of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 26 (p.133) 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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