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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Canallodiscus (Genus)
> elliottae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phelussa elliottae Gardner, 1968
Images: Canallodiscus elliottae (Gardner, 1968)
Holotype, collected Jan 1966, Fenian Track, Oparara River Valley, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71318). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1966, Fenian Track, Oparara River Valley, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71318). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1966, Fenian Track, Oparara River Valley, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ (MA71318). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Honeycomb Hill cave system, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ. 5.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Honeycomb Hill cave system, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ. 5.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Honeycomb Hill cave system, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ. 5.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Canallodiscus (Genus)
> elliottae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phelussa elliottae Gardner, 1968
Details: Canallodiscus elliottae (Gardner, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson area
Type Data:
  • Fenian Track, Oparara River Valley, NE of Karamea, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Barker, G.M. 2008 A revision of the New Zealand land snails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae), Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 19 (p.156)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.315)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1968 Four new species of Land Snails from New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(17) (p.161) 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