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Taxonomy
Family:
TESTACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Testacelloidea (Superfamily)
> Testacellidae (Family)
> Testacella (Genus)
> haliotidea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Testacella (Testacella) Lamarck, 1801 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacella (Testacelloides) A. J. Wagner, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacellus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Testacella anomala Torres Minquez, 1924
=Testacella barcinonensis Pollonera, 1888
=Testacella dubia Pollonera, 1888
=Testacella esserana Fagot, 1892
=Testacella europaea de Roissy, 1805
=Testacella galliae Oken, 1816
=Testacella subtrigona Pollonera, 1888
Images: Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801
Collected Dec 2016, Bayview Beach, Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2016, Bayview Beach, Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2016, Bayview Beach, Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TESTACELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Testacelloidea (Superfamily)
> Testacellidae (Family)
> Testacella (Genus)
> haliotidea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Testacella (Testacella) Lamarck, 1801 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacella (Testacelloides) A. J. Wagner, 1914 accepted, alternate representation
=Testacellus Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Testacella anomala Torres Minquez, 1924
=Testacella barcinonensis Pollonera, 1888
=Testacella dubia Pollonera, 1888
=Testacella esserana Fagot, 1892
=Testacella europaea de Roissy, 1805
=Testacella galliae Oken, 1816
=Testacella subtrigona Pollonera, 1888
Details: Testacella haliotidea Draparnaud, 1801
Size/Grows to:
Length 7mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Western Palae-arctic region from Atlantic isles to the Balkans, and from the North African coast to southern Scotland. Introduced into Canada, the U.S.A., Cuba, 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.98)

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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