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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)
> zebra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix flammigera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Helix multilimbata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847
=Helix phlogophora L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Vitrina zebra Le Guillou, 1842
Images: Flammulina zebra (Le Guillou, 1842)
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
National Park, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
In damp litter, Kaiteriteri, Tasman, NZ
In damp litter, Kaiteriteri, Tasman, NZ
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)
> zebra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphidoxa (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
=Flammulina (Calymna) Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix flammigera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Helix multilimbata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847
=Helix phlogophora L. Pfeiffer, 1850
=Vitrina zebra Le Guillou, 1842
Details: Flammulina zebra (Le Guillou, 1842)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.5mm, Height 3.7mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Campbell Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Much smaller umbilicus than Flammulina crebriflammis, which has a similar colour pattern
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.314)

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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