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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: OTOCONCHINAE
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)
> Otoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Otoconcha (Genus)
> dimidiata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Otoconcha) dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) alternate representation
=Vitrina dimidiata L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Otoconcha dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Wilkinson Track, Kapiti Island, Wellington, NZ. 14.8mm (animal). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Wilkinson Track, Kapiti Island, Wellington, NZ. 14.8mm (animal). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Under log, Gordon Park Scenic Reserve, Wanganui, NZ. 15mm (animal)
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, Mt Ngongotaha summit, Central Plateau, NZ. 5.0mm (shell). Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: OTOCONCHINAE
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)
> Otoconchinae (Subfamily)
> Otoconcha (Genus)
> dimidiata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Otoconcha) dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) alternate representation
=Vitrina dimidiata L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Otoconcha dimidiata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Length 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.334)
  • Climo, F.M. 1971 Classification of New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata). 4. A revision of the subfamily Otoconchinae Cockerell (Punctidae Morse), Records of the Dominion Museum, 7 (p.44)

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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