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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
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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)

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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