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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)
> draparnaudi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina alpina Suter, 1904
=Helix (Helicella) draparnaldi Beck, 1837
=Helix draparnauldi Beck, 1837
Images: Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
Lectotype of Flammulina alpina Suter, 1904, collected Mar 1884, Head of Staircase Creek, Nerger Range '5 miles from Springfield', NZ (M.102373). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype of Flammulina alpina Suter, 1904, collected Mar 1884, Head of Staircase Creek, Nerger Range '5 miles from Springfield', NZ (M.102373). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype of Flammulina alpina Suter, 1904, collected Mar 1884, Head of Staircase Creek, Nerger Range '5 miles from Springfield', NZ (M.102373). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> draparnaudi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Flammulina alpina Suter, 1904
=Helix (Helicella) draparnaldi Beck, 1837
=Helix draparnauldi Beck, 1837
Details: Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
Size/Grows to:
Width 15mm, Height 6mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land, Native to western Europe and the Mediterranean. Introduced to Russia, North America, South and North Africa, Asia, 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.114)

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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