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Taxonomy
Family:
OXYCHILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Oxychilidae (Family)
> Oxychilus (Genus)
> cellarius (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Oxychilus cellaria (O.F. Müller, 1774)
=Suterella novare (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Images: Oxychilus cellarius (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Libby's Reserve, Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 10.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Libby's Reserve, Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 10.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Libby's Reserve, Great Mercury Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 10.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family:
OXYCHILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Oxychilidae (Family)
> Oxychilus (Genus)
> cellarius (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Oxychilus cellaria (O.F. Müller, 1774)
=Suterella novare (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Details: Oxychilus cellarius (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Size/Grows to:
Width 14mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land, Native to western and central Europe and the western Mediterranean. Introduced to Scandinavia, North America, South America, the Philippines, South Africa, St. Helena, Australia and New Zealand
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.111)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.449)

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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