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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMULININAE
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)
> Flammulininae (Subfamily)
> Flammulina (Genus)
> olivacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892
Images: Flammulina olivacea (Suter, 1892)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892, collected near Hellyers Creek, Glenfield, Auckland, NZ (M.125153). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: FLAMMULININAE
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)
> Flammulininae (Subfamily)
> Flammulina (Genus)
> olivacea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) olivacea Suter, 1892
Details: Flammulina olivacea (Suter, 1892)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.0mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Northland to Auckland
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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.314)
  • Suter, H. 1892 On the dentition of some New Zealand land and fresh-water Mollusca, with descriptions of new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 24 (p.290) 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
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