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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Eupulmonata (Superorder) > Stylommatophora (Order) > Helicina (Suborder) > Pupilloidei (Infraorder) > Pupilloidea (Superfamily) > Vertiginidae (Family) > Vertigo (Genus)
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  • Genus: Vertigo

  • Vertigo ovata Say, 1822
    Height 2.7mm, Width 1.7mm
    Land, Non-indigenous, Native to North America, from Alaska and northern Canada southwards over most of the U.S.A. to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and California. The only known naturalised occurrence outside of North America is New Zealand
    North Island
    L.N.
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