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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)
> mira (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908
Images: Fectola mira (Webster, 1908)
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Holotype of Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908, collected Waiuku, Manukau, Auckland, NZ (MA70762). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908, collected Waiuku, Manukau, Auckland, NZ (MA70762). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908, collected Waiuku, Manukau, Auckland, NZ (MA70762). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> mira (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908
Details: Fectola mira (Webster, 1908)
Distribution:
North Island
Type Data:
  • Waiuku, WSW of Pukekohe, NZ, (holotype of Thaumatodon mira Webster, 1908)
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)
  • 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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