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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)
> zelandiae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Carocolla) zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Helix zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Thalassia neozelanica Hutton, 1884
Images: Thalassohelix zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Collected Aug 2005, Otoru Road, Otewa, S of Hamilton, Waikato, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2005, Otoru Road, Otewa, S of Hamilton, Waikato, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2005, Otoru Road, Otewa, S of Hamilton, Waikato, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2005, Hayward Scenic Eastern Hills Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 8.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2005, Hayward Scenic Eastern Hills Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 8.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2005, Hayward Scenic Eastern Hills Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 8.8mm. 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)
> zelandiae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Carocolla) zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Helix zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Thalassia neozelanica Hutton, 1884
Details: Thalassohelix zelandiae (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 11mm, Height 8.3mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
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)

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