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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> cryptobidens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Pitys cryptobidens Suter, 1891
Images: Allodiscus cryptobidens (Suter, 1891)
Lectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125092). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125092). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125092). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paralectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73064). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73064). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73064). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> cryptobidens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Pitys cryptobidens Suter, 1891
Details: Allodiscus cryptobidens (Suter, 1891)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.8mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
South Island
Type Data:
  • Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ, (lectotype of Pitys cryptobidens Suter, 1891, paralectotype of Pitys cryptobidens Suter, 1891)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Barker, G.M. 2008 A revision of the New Zealand land snails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae), Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 19 (p.106)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.304)
  • Suter, H. 1891 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 23 (p.89) Original Description

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