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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTRODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrodontidae (Family)
> Zonitoides (Genus)
> arboreus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLaughlin, 1954
=Helix arborea Say, 1817
=Helix arboreus Say, 1817
=Helix attonis L. Pfeiffer, 1840
=Helix breweri Newcomb, 1864
=Helix lyndhurstensis Cox, 1868
=Hyalina roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Hyalinia (Polita) roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) azoricus A. Riedel, 1964
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Taxonomy
Family:
GASTRODONTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Gastrodontoidea (Superfamily)
> Gastrodontidae (Family)
> Zonitoides (Genus)
> arboreus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alienitor lyndhurstoides McLaughlin, 1954
=Helix arborea Say, 1817
=Helix arboreus Say, 1817
=Helix attonis L. Pfeiffer, 1840
=Helix breweri Newcomb, 1864
=Helix lyndhurstensis Cox, 1868
=Hyalina roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Hyalinia (Polita) roseni Lindholm, 1911
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) arboreus (Say, 1817)
=Zonitoides (Zonitellus) azoricus A. Riedel, 1964
Details: Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1817)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land, Native over the entire Nearctic region, extending to the tropics of Central America. Introduced into Hawaii, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Hong Kong, South America, Europe, Madeira, Scandinavia, Russia, 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.119)

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