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Taxonomy
Family:
HYGROMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Helicoidei (Infraorder)
> Helicoidea (Superfamily)
> Hygromiidae (Family)
> Hygromia (Genus)
> cinctella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Fruticicola) cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
=Helix cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
Images: Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801)
Collected 20 May 2015, Wellington, Brooklyn, Reuben Avenue, NZ (M.318161). 12mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 20 May 2015, Wellington, Brooklyn, Reuben Avenue, NZ (M.318161). 12mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 20 May 2015, Wellington, Brooklyn, Reuben Avenue, NZ (M.318161). 12mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
HYGROMIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Helicoidei (Infraorder)
> Helicoidea (Superfamily)
> Hygromiidae (Family)
> Hygromia (Genus)
> cinctella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Fruticicola) cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
=Helix cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
Details: Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801)
Size/Grows to:
Width 12mm
Distribution:
Native to the Mediterranean region, and rapidly expanding in range in Europe. Also been recorded in the USA, and now NZ
Notes:
Girdled Snail, Land, Non-indigenous
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.15)
  • Walton, K. 2016 Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae): a new adventive land snail for New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology (p.1)

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
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