Species List for Family: Planorbidae
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- Ferrissia dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
Length 4mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Native - Endemic
North Island, attached to stems and underside of leaves of aquatic plants in quiet waters
Fw.N.
- Ferrissia neozelanica (Suter, 1905)
Length 3mm, Width 2mm, Height 0.75mm
Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Native - Endemic
South Island
Fw.S.
- Glyptophysa oconnori (Cumber, 1941)
Height 19mm, Width 10mm
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Sinistral
South Island. North Canterbury
Fw.S. - Glyptophysa variabilis (Gray, 1843)
Height 25mm, Width 15mm
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Sinistral
North and South Island
Fw.N.S.
- Gyraulus corinna (Gray, 1850)
Length 3.6mm, Width 2.6mm, Height 0.8mm
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Four slowly increasing whorls
North and South Island
Fw.N.S.
- Gyraulus kahuica Finlay & Laws, 1931
Length 6mm, Width 5mm, Height 1.75mm
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Much larger than G.corinna, 3.9-6.0 mm in diameter, yet with only 3-3.5 whorls, which are more accellerated
North and South Island
Fw.N.S. - Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Width 4mm, Height 1mm
Freshwater
North Island, New Plymouth
Fw.N.
Key to 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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