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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)
> Maoriconcha (Genus)
> roscoei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Otoconcha (Maoriconcha) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Maoriconcha) roscoei Climo, 1971
=Otoconcha roscoei Climo, 1971
Images: Maoriconcha roscoei (Climo, 1971)
Collected 01 Jan 1977, Lake Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 8.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 01 Jan 1977, Lake Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 8.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 01 Jan 1977, Lake Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 8.3mm. 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)
> Maoriconcha (Genus)
> roscoei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Otoconcha (Maoriconcha) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Otoconcha (Maoriconcha) roscoei Climo, 1971
=Otoconcha roscoei Climo, 1971
Details: Maoriconcha roscoei (Climo, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Length 9.2mm
Distribution:
North Island. Hawke's Bay to Taupo
Type Data:
  • Whenuakura Plains, Taupo, NZ, (paratype)
  • Wakarara Range, W of Hastings, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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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.47) 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
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