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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMOCONCHINAE
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)
> Flammoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Flammoconcha (Genus)
> cumberi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helicarion cumberi Powell, 1941
Images: Flammoconcha cumberi (Powell, 1941)
Holotype, collected Maruia Springs, Lewis Pass, NZ (MA70354). 4.1mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Maruia Springs, Lewis Pass, NZ (MA70354). 4.1mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Maruia Springs, Lewis Pass, NZ (MA70354). 4.1mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMOCONCHINAE
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)
> Flammoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Flammoconcha (Genus)
> cumberi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helicarion cumberi Powell, 1941
Details: Flammoconcha cumberi (Powell, 1941)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.1mm
Distribution:
South Island
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.324)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1941 Seven New Species of New Zealand Land Mollusca, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(5) (p.262) 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