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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Huonodon (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Helix aorangi Suter, 1890
Images: Huonodon aorangi (Suter, 1890)
Collected Jan 1984, Motueka River gorge, SW of Nelson, Tasman, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1984, Motueka River gorge, SW of Nelson, Tasman, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1984, Motueka River gorge, SW of Nelson, Tasman, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Dennistoun Bush, Peel Forest, Geraldine, Canterbury, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Dennistoun Bush, Peel Forest, Geraldine, Canterbury, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Dennistoun Bush, Peel Forest, Geraldine, Canterbury, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Huonodon (Genus)
> aorangi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Helix aorangi Suter, 1890
Details: Huonodon aorangi (Suter, 1890)
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Climo, F.M. 1996 Mollusca from Parikawa locality - Appendix I, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 39 (p.73)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.223) 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