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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Alsolemia (Genus)
> monoplax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Solemia) Climo, 1978
=Solemia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Thaumatodon) monoplax Suter, 1913
=Endodonta monoplax Suter, 1913
=Ptychodon (Solemia) delicatula Climo, 1978
=Ptychodon monoplax (Suter, 1913)
=Ptychodon monoplax hiarara Dell, 1954
=Ptychodon monoplax takahea Dell, 1955
Images: Alsolemia monoplax (Suter, 1913)
Riverton, Southland, NZ. 2.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Riverton, Southland, NZ. 2.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Riverton, Southland, NZ. 2.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype of Endodonta monoplax Suter, 1913, collected 23 Dec 1908, Kisbee ('Bisbee') Bay, Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, NZ (M.125148). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype of Endodonta monoplax Suter, 1913, collected 23 Dec 1908, Kisbee ('Bisbee') Bay, Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, NZ (M.125148). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype of Endodonta monoplax Suter, 1913, collected 23 Dec 1908, Kisbee ('Bisbee') Bay, Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, NZ (M.125148). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
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)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Alsolemia (Genus)
> monoplax (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Solemia) Climo, 1978
=Solemia Climo, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Thaumatodon) monoplax Suter, 1913
=Endodonta monoplax Suter, 1913
=Ptychodon (Solemia) delicatula Climo, 1978
=Ptychodon monoplax (Suter, 1913)
=Ptychodon monoplax hiarara Dell, 1954
=Ptychodon monoplax takahea Dell, 1955
Details: Alsolemia monoplax (Suter, 1913)
Distribution:
South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.184)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.685) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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