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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)
> Phenacohelix (Genus)
> pilula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) Suter, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907
=Helix chordata L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix iota L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix pilula Reeve, 1852
=Phenacohelix pilula var. unicolor Suter, 1894
Images: Phenacohelix pilula (Reeve, 1852)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype of Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907, collected pre 1907, Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (MA73062). 4.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Phenacohelix pilula unicolor Suter, 1894, collected Taupiri peak, S of Huntly, Waikato, NZ (M.125193). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Phenacohelix (Genus)
> pilula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) Suter, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Phenacohelix) leptalea Suter, 1907
=Helix chordata L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix iota L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix pilula Reeve, 1852
=Phenacohelix pilula var. unicolor Suter, 1894
Details: Phenacohelix pilula (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
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.66)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.322)
  • 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