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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)
> jessica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula jessica Hutton, 1883
Images: Fectola jessica (Hutton, 1883)
Paralectotype, collected Bealey, SE of Arthur's Pass, NZ (M.125544). ~2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paralectotype, collected Bealey, SE of Arthur's Pass, NZ (M.125544). ~2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paralectotype, collected Bealey, SE of Arthur's Pass, NZ (M.125544). ~2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mar 1976, Ngarua, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Ngarua, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Ngarua, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Tasman, NZ. 2.3mm. 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)
> jessica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula jessica Hutton, 1883
Details: Fectola jessica (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.3mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson to Canterbury
Geographical Range:
L.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.305)
  • 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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.475) 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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