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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)
> Ptychodon (Genus)
> leiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Huttonella Suter, 1890
=Maoriana Suter, 1891
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Huttonella) leioda (Hutton, 1882)
=Ptychodon (Ptychodon) leiodon (Hutton, 1882)
=Strobila leiodon Hutton, 1882
Images: Ptychodon leiodon (Hutton, 1882)
Collected Nov 1973, Chasm Stream, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1973, Chasm Stream, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1973, Chasm Stream, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 1967, south side of Haast Valley, South Westland, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 1967, south side of Haast Valley, South Westland, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 1967, south side of Haast Valley, South Westland, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
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)
> Ptychodon (Genus)
> leiodon (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Endodonta (Ptychodon) Ancey, 1888
=Huttonella Suter, 1890
=Maoriana Suter, 1891
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Huttonella) leioda (Hutton, 1882)
=Ptychodon (Ptychodon) leiodon (Hutton, 1882)
=Strobila leiodon Hutton, 1882
Details: Ptychodon leiodon (Hutton, 1882)
Distribution:
South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.
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.305)
  • 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.181)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 Descriptions of new land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(6) (p.281) 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
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