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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Phacussa (Genus)
> hypopolea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Helix hypopolea Reeve, 1852
=Helix hypopolia L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Phacussa hypopolia (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Images: Phacussa hypopolea (Reeve, 1852)
Pelorus Bridge, E of Nelson, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pelorus Bridge, E of Nelson, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pelorus Bridge, E of Nelson, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Mar 2012, Trent Stream, Denniston Plateau, Westland, NZ. 6.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 2012, Trent Stream, Denniston Plateau, Westland, NZ. 6.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 2012, Trent Stream, Denniston Plateau, Westland, NZ. 6.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Phacussa (Genus)
> hypopolea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phacussa) Hutton, 1883
=Phelussa Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Helix hypopolea Reeve, 1852
=Helix hypopolia L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Phacussa hypopolia (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Details: Phacussa hypopolea (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson to Marlborough. Dundein
Geographical Range:
L.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.315)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 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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