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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)
> pseudoleiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) ureweraensis Suter, 1899
=Helix pseudoleioda Suter, 1890
=Nanina tullia Gray, 1850
Images: Huonodon pseudoleiodon (Suter, 1890)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125162). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Helix pseudoleiodon Suter, 1890, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73050). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> pseudoleiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mylesia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) ureweraensis Suter, 1899
=Helix pseudoleioda Suter, 1890
=Nanina tullia Gray, 1850
Details: Huonodon pseudoleiodon (Suter, 1890)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.25mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.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)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.221) 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