Climocella
| Climocella | |
|---|---|
| Holotype of Climocella akarana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Climocella Goulstone, 1996 |
| Type species | |
| Patula maculata | |
Climocella is a genus of land snails belonging to the family Charopidae.[1] The genus is endemic to New Zealand
Description
Members of the genus have subdiscoidal shells with four whorls that are up to 3 mm (0.12 in) in size, with flat or slightly convex spires. Climocella has either sharp ribs, or rounded ribs with microscopic spiral lirae, and a protoconch with up to 12 spiral striae. The shells of the species are typically uniformly white, brown, or a reddish-brown pattern of axial bands or blotches on a white or off-white background. The animal is white, and has a prominent epiphallus.[2]
Taxonomy
Climocella was first described by James Frederick Goulstone in 1995, who named Patula corniculum var. maculata (current accepted name Climocella maculata) as the type species. Goulstone named the genus after malacologist Frank Climo.[2] Describing five in the original paper,[2] Climo described ten new species in the genus within the next two years.[3][4]
Distribution
The genus is endemic to New Zealand.[5]
Species
Species within the genus Climocella include:[1]
- Climocella akarana Goulstone, 1996
- Climocella barkeri Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella cavelliaformis Goulstone, 1996
- Climocella haurakiensis Goulstone, 1996
- Climocella hukutaia Goulstone & Mayhill, 1998
- Climocella intermedia Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella kaitaka Goulstone, 1996
- Climocella kenepuruensis (Suter, 1909)
- Climocella maculata (Suter, 1891)
- Climocella manawatawhia (A. W. B. Powell, 1935)
- Climocella mayhillae Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella prestoni (Sykes, 1895)
- Climocella puhore Goulstone & Mayhill, 1998
- Climocella pukanui Goulstone & Brook, 1999
- Climocella rata Goulstone, 1996
- Climocella reinga Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella runga Goulstone, 1997
- Climocella segregata (Suter, 1894)
- Climocella triticum Goulstone & Mayhill, 1998
- Climocella waenga Goulstone, 1997
References
- ^ a b Climocella Goulstone, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Goulstone, J. F. (1995). "Five New Species of Climocella n. gen. (Punctoidea: Charopidae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 32: 63–90. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906453. Wikidata Q58677487.
- ^ Goulstone, J. F. (1996). "Seven New Species of Climocella (Gastropoda: Punctoidea: Charopidae) from Northern New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 33: 173–194. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906463. Wikidata Q58677504.
- ^ Goulstone, J. F.; Mayhill, P. C. (January 1998). "Three new species of Climocella (Gastropoda: Punctoidea: Charopidae) from northern New Zealand, and transfer/assignment of Charopa (Mocella) accelerata Climo, 1970 to the genus Flammocharopa Climo, 1970". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 25 (3): 273–285. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9518156. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q104117628.
- ^ "Genus: Climocella". NZ Mollusca. Retrieved 18 November 2025.