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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)
> wairua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Images: Allodiscus wairua Marshall & Barker, 2008
Holotype, collected 27 Sep 1988, Motuopao Island, Cape Maria van Diemen, NZ (M.183097). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 27 Sep 1988, Motuopao Island, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (M.183097). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 27 Sep 1988, Motuopao Island, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (M.183097). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Waterfall Gully, E of Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 6.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Waterfall Gully, E of Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 6.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Waterfall Gully, E of Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 6.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
W of Waipara Trig, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. 2.15mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
W of Waipara Trig, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. 2.15mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
W of Waipara Trig, Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. 2.15mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
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)
> wairua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Flammulina (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Gerontia (Allodiscus) Pilsbry, 1892
=Psyra Hutton, 1883
Details: Allodiscus wairua Marshall & Barker, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 5mm
Distribution:
Northern North Island, between Cape Maria van Diemen and North Cape
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, In leaf litter of coastal shrublands and forests
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.134) Original Description

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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