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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of New Zealand
Non-marine molluscs of New Zealand include gastropods, such as land snails, and freshwater molluscs (or shellfish), such as freshwater mussels. Among the best known are the large native forest snails such as the '' Paryphanta'' (kauri snails) and '' Powelliphanta''. Systematic list Freshwater gastropods Tateidae * '' Catapyrgus jami'' Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 * '' Catapyrgus sororius'' Haase, 2008 * '' Obtusopyrgus farri'' Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 * ''Opacuincola gretathunbergae'' Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 * '' Opacuincola lisannea'' Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 * '' Opacuincola mete'' Haase, 2008 with the subspecies ''O. mete kahurangi'' Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 Latiidae - only one genus Latia is endemic to the North Island * '' Latia climoi'' Starobogatov, 1986 - type species * '' Latia lateralis'' ( Gould, 1852) * ''Latia neritoides'' Gray, 1850 Lymnaeidae Planorbidae * '' Planorbis kahuica'' Finlay & Laws, 1931 Land gastropods Hydrocenidae * '' Omphalorissa purchasi'' (Pf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Latia Climoi
''Latia climoi'' is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Latiidae. It is the holotype of its genus. There is no fossil record of this species, genus, or family, so there is currently not enough information available to understand its exact evolutionary origins. Distribution This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The holotype was collected from the Hutt River near Wellington. It is not clear from available sources whether this species is found anywhere else in New Zealand. Habitat This freshwater limpet is found on the underside of stones in clean-running streams and rivers. Life habits These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch". This serves as a gill as, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air. When disturbed, the animal releases a bright green, light-emitting cloud. This is a unique bioluminescence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cytora Annectens
''Cytora annectens'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae. Distribution This species occurs in New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 References Pupinidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1948 {{Pupinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pupinidae
Pupinidae is a taxonomic family of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupinidae L. Pfeiffer, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709516 on 2021-06-05 Distribution The distribution of the family Pupinidae includes the Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand,Tumpeesuwan S. & Panha S. (2008). "First Record of the Genus ''Schistoloma'' Kobelt, 1902 (Prosobranchia: Pupinidae) in Thailand". '' The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University'' 8(1): 65-67. Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Placostylus Ambagiosus
''Placostylus ambagiosus'' is a species of flax snail ( Māori: pūpū whakarongotaua), a large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae. Description This snail has a large ( long) shell, which is heavily calcified. The size of the adult shell is habitat dependent, but the shell shape is not plastic. ''Placostylus ambagiosus'' is highly valued by Te Aupōuri me Ngāti Kurī (the indigenous people of northern New Zealand) as a food source, musical instrument and in the past this snail provided alarm calls at night warning of approaching invaders. Distribution This land snail species occurs in New Zealand. It is restricted to a small fragmented area of Northland Region, including the Aupouri Peninsula and Motuopao Island. In the past local Māori moved and propagated populations of ''Placostylus ambagiosus,'' so today at least three extant populations are found on old pā sites (fortified settlements), along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orthalicidae Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870044 on 2021-02-19 They are medium-sized to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length Taxonomy In former times, this family was often known as the Bulimulidae, but this term may also denote what today is the subfamily Bulimulinae. The subfamily Bulimulinae replaces the former family Bulimulidae Crosse & P. Fischer, 1873. 2005 taxonomy The Orthalicidae belong to the Orthalicoidea, a superfamily in the order Sigmurethra. Like other stylommatophorans, the Sigmurethra belong to the suborder Helicina. Among the three subfamilies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Omphalorissa Purchasi
''Georissa purchasi'' is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrocenidae. The type specimen is stored in the Imperial Natural History Museum, Vienna. Description The shell is minute, globosely conical, translucid, imperforate (no umbilicus. The sculpture consists of very fine growth-striae only. The colour is horny-fuscous. The epidermis is thin and shiny. The spire is conical, and rather obtuse. The protoconch is minute, strongly convex, smooth. The shell has 4-5 convex whorls. The last whorl is slightly greater than one-third of the height of the shell. The base is convex. The suture is impressed. The aperture is a little oblique, subcircular. The peristome is simple, straight. The columella is slightly concave, white. The inner lip is spread over the umbilicus, sealing it up more or less completely. The callus on the penultimate whorl unites the margins, and is conspicuous. The width of the shell is 1 mm. The height of the she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hydrocenidae
Hydrocenidae is a taxonomic family of minute land snails or cave snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha. Hydrocenidae are widespread across the Palearctis and Africa, but reach their highest diversity in the Oriental, Australian, and Oceanian regions. The family is poorly known and has not been revised in the past 140 years and as a consequence, the status of the various genus names (including '' Georissa'') is uncertain. Hydrocenidae is the only family in the superfamily Hydrocenoidea. This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Description The animal have no gill, but a pulmonary cavity. Tentacles are short and large. The eyes are prominent, situated at the upper or outer base of the tentacles. The foot is short, oval and obtuse. The denticle (tiny teeth) of radula have the formula ∞ 1, (1 + 1 + 1), 1 ∞. The central denticles are small and elon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Planorbis Kahuica
''Gyraulus kahuica'' is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snailss. All planorbids have sinistral shells. It is native to New Zealand. Etymology The species name ''kahuica'' is derived from "Kahu", a Māori personal name, and was part of the tribal name of the principal Māori tribe in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Description The shell is sinistral and planispiral. References Gyraulus Gastropods described in 1931 Freshwater molluscs of Oceania Taxa named by Harold John Finlay Taxa named by Charle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family (biology), family of air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instead of copper-based hemocyanin. As a result, planorbids are able to breathe oxygen more efficiently than other molluscs. The presence of hemoglobin gives the body a reddish colour. This is especially apparent in albino animals. Being air breathers like other Panpulmonata, planorbids do not have gills, but instead, have a lung. The foot and head of planorbids are rather small, while their thread-like tentacles are relatively long. Many of the species in this family have coiled shells that are planispiral, in other words, the shells are more or less coiled flat, rather than having an elevated Spire (mollusc), spire as is the case in most gastropod shells. Although they carry their shell in a way that m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila (clade), Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superfamily Lymnaeoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) recognized four subfamilies within Lymnaeidae: * subfamily Lymnaeinae Rafinesque, 1815 - synonyms: Amphipepleinae Pini, 1877; Limnophysidae W. Dybowski, 1903; Acellinae Hannibal, 1912; Fossariinae B. Dybowski 1913 * subfamily Lancinae Hannibal, 1914 * † subfamily Scalaxinae Zilch, 1959 * † subfamily Valencieniinae Kramberger-Gorjanovic, 1923 - synonym: Clivunellidae Kochansky-Devidé & Sliskovic, 1972 2013 taxonomy Vinarski (2013)Vinarski M. V. (2013). "One, two, or several? Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
