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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)
> gadus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon gadus Dell, 1954
=Ptychodon gadus obscurus Dell, 1955
Images: Huonodon gadus (Dell, 1954)
Holotype, collected 7 Nov 1948, Sealers Bay, Codfish Island, NZ (M.005709). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 7 Nov 1948, Sealers Bay, Codfish Island, NZ (M.005709). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 7 Nov 1948, Sealers Bay, Codfish Island, NZ (M.005709). 1.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> gadus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon gadus Dell, 1954
=Ptychodon gadus obscurus Dell, 1955
Details: Huonodon gadus (Dell, 1954)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.4mm, Height 0.93mm
Distribution:
South Island. Codfish Island, Foveaux Strait
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.304)
  • Dell, R.K. 1954 The land Mollusca of Stewart and Solander Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82(1) (p.142) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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