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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> nematophorus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Allodiscus conopeus B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2008
=Helix nematophora Reeve, 1854
=Helix nematophora L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Images: Allodiscus nematophorus (Reeve, 1854)
Ashhurst, Wairarapa, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Ashhurst, Wairarapa, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Ashhurst, Wairarapa, NZ. 7.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Holotype of Allodiscus conopeus Marshall & Barker, 2008, collected 2 Jun 1968, Blowhard Bush, NW of Napier, NZ (M.180092). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Allodiscus conopeus Marshall & Barker, 2008, collected 2 Jun 1968, Blowhard Bush, NW of Napier, NZ (M.180092). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Allodiscus conopeus Marshall & Barker, 2008, collected 2 Jun 1968, Blowhard Bush, NW of Napier, NZ (M.180092). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: PHENACOHELICINAE
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)
> Phenacohelicinae (Subfamily)
> Allodiscus (Genus)
> nematophorus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Allodiscus conopeus B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2008
=Helix nematophora Reeve, 1854
=Helix nematophora L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Details: Allodiscus nematophorus (Reeve, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.9mm
Distribution:
North Island. Wellington northwards to Coromandel
Type Data:
  • Blowhard Bush, NW of Napier, NZ, (holotype of Allodiscus conopeus B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2008, paratype of Allodiscus conopeus B.A. Marshall & Barker, 2008)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Barker, G.M. 2008 A revision of the New Zealand land snails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae), Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 19 (p.66)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 Original Description

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