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Species List for Subfamily: Ancylinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Hygrophila (Superorder) > Lymnaeoidea (Superfamily) > Planorbidae (Family) > Ancylinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Ancylinae

  • Ferrissia dohrniana (Clessin, 1882)
    Length 4mm, Width 2.5mm, Height 1.5mm
    Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Endemic
    North Island, attached to stems and underside of leaves of aquatic plants in quiet waters
    Fw.N.E.
  • Ferrissia neozelanica (Suter, 1905)
    Length 3mm, Width 2mm, Height 0.75mm
    Freshwater Limpet, Freshwater, Endemic
    South Island
    Fw.S.E.
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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil