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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)
> tholoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) tholoides Suter, 1907
=Phenacohelix tholoides (Suter, 1907)
Images: Neophenacohelix tholoides (Suter, 1907)
Collected Cape Reinga, NZ (M.125189). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Cape Reinga, NZ (M.125189). 4.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Cape Reinga, NZ (M.125189). 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)
> Neophenacohelix (Genus)
> tholoides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
=Phenacohelix (Neophenacohelix) Cumber, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) tholoides Suter, 1907
=Phenacohelix tholoides (Suter, 1907)
Details: Neophenacohelix tholoides (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 3.2mm
Distribution:
North Island. North Cape to Whangaroa
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.73)
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.16)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.322)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Descriptions of new non-marine shells from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 7 (p.238) 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