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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)
> Thalassohelix (Genus)
> igniflua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix igniflua Reeve, 1852
=Helix lambda L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Images: Thalassohelix igniflua (Reeve, 1852)
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1974, vicinity of Sawcut Gorge, Isolation Creek, Marlborough, NZ. 9.9mm. 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)
> Thalassohelix (Genus)
> igniflua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix igniflua Reeve, 1852
=Helix lambda L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Details: Thalassohelix igniflua (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 15.5mm, Height 8.8mm
Distribution:
Southern half of South Island
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.317)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 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
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