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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)
> Fectola (Genus)
> infecta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix infecta Reeve, 1852
=Helix zeta L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Patula infecta (Reeve, 1852)
=Patula timandra Hutton, 1883
Images: Fectola infecta (Reeve, 1852)
Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 3.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 3.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 3.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Sep 2006, National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2006, National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2006, National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
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)
> Fectola (Genus)
> infecta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix infecta Reeve, 1852
=Helix zeta L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Patula infecta (Reeve, 1852)
=Patula timandra Hutton, 1883
Details: Fectola infecta (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.307)
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.186)

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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