Climocella isolata
| Climocella isolata | |
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| Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Climocella |
| Species: | C. isolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997
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Climocella isolata is a species of land snail belonging to the family Charopidae.[1] Endemic to the Gisborne District of New Zealand, the species is found in areas of grass, sedge, and in association with kahikatea trees.
Description
C. isolata has a shell that measures up to 3.0 mm (0.12 in) by 1.5 mm (0.059 in), with a subdiscoidal shell of 4.25 whorls (final whorl measuring 0.78 mm (0.031 in)). The shell's spire is slightly raised, and the small protoconch has 1.75 whorls with the first whorl having seven spiral lirae. The shells are coloured with indistinct amber-brown radial bands. It can be differentiated from other members of Climocella due to the narrower final whorl found in mature shells.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by James Frederick Goulstone in 1996, who named the species due to its restricted range around the East Cape.[2] G. M. Barker collected the holotype of the species from East Cape Lighthouse Reserve in the Gisborne District, New Zealand on 20 September 1992. The holotpye is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
C. isolata is endemic to New Zealand,[5] known to occur in Gisborne District, including the East Cape Lighthouse Reserve, the Kopuapounamu Valley, Hicks Bay and Ruatoria.[2][6][7][8] The species has been found in grass and sedge, and in association with kahikatea and grass.[2]
Gallery
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Underside view of holotype
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Side view of holotype
References
- ^ Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN 1176-3213. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.
- ^ "Climocella isolata". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Details: Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997". NZ Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Barker, Gary M.; Mayhill, Pauline C. (March 1999). "Patterns of diversity and habitat relationships in terrestrial mollusc communities of the Pukeamaru Ecological District, northeastern New Zealand". Journal of Biogeography. 26 (2): 215–238. doi:10.1046/J.1365-2699.1999.00267.X. ISSN 0305-0270. Wikidata Q115431956.
- ^ "land snail, Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997". Collections Online. Te Papa. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "land snail, Climocella isolata Goulstone, 1997". Collections Online. Te Papa. Retrieved 20 November 2025.