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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: TORNATELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Tornatellininae (Subfamily)
> Elasmias (Genus)
> apertum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Elasmias connisum Iredale, 1944
=Tornatellina aperta Pease, 1865
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ACHATINELLIDAE: TORNATELLININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Pupilloidei (Infraorder)
> Pupilloidea (Superfamily)
> Achatinellidae (Family)
> Tornatellininae (Subfamily)
> Elasmias (Genus)
> apertum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Elasmias connisum Iredale, 1944
=Tornatellina aperta Pease, 1865
Details: Elasmias apertum (Pease, 1865)
Distribution:
South Pacific, Niue, Cook Islands and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
L.
Notes:
Land
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cooke, C.M., Kondo, Y. 1960 Revision of Tornatellinidae and Achatinellidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), Bernice P. Bishop Muesum Bulletin, 221 (p.222)
  • Iredale, T. 1944 Land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island, Australian Zoologist, 10 (p.308)

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