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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)
> Neophenacohelix (Genus)
> giveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Helix collyrula Reeve, 1852
=Helix kappa L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) giveni Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix giveni Cumber, 1961
Images: Neophenacohelix giveni Cumber, 1961
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Wellington, NZ. 6.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Wellington, NZ. 6.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Wellington, NZ. 6.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> Neophenacohelix (Genus)
> giveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Helix collyrula Reeve, 1852
=Helix kappa L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) giveni Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix giveni Cumber, 1961
Details: Neophenacohelix giveni Cumber, 1961
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F. 2001 A revision of the genus Phenacohelix Suter, 1892 (Mollusca: Pulmonata) with descriptions of four new species and reassignment of Thalassohelix ziczag (Gould, 1846), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 38 (p.49)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.322)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1961 A revision of the genus Phenacohelix Suter, 1892 (Mollusca: Flammulinidae) with description of a new species, and studies on variation, distribution and ecology, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1 (p.169) 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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