Climocella mayhillae
| Climocella mayhillae | |
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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. mayhillae
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| Binomial name | |
| Climocella mayhillae Goulstone, 1997
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Climocella mayhillae is a species of land snail belonging to the family Charopidae.[1] Endemic to New Zealand, the species is found in inland and coastal forested areas of Northland, often in association with podocarp tree bank.
Description
C. mayhillae has a shell that measures up to 2.7 mm (0.11 in) by 1.4 mm (0.055 in), with a subdiscoidal shell of four whorls that increase in size. The shell's spire is flat, and the protoconch has 1.75 whorls with the first and last quarter whorl having nine spiral lirae. The shells are uniformly brown in colour.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by James Frederick Goulstone in 1996, who named the species after Pauline C. Mayhill.[2] Mayhill collected the holotype of the species from Ngaiotonga Reserve in Northland, New Zealand on 1 March 1996. The holotpye is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
C. mayhillae is endemic to New Zealand,[5] found in inland and coastal forested areas of the Northland Region.[2] The species is typically found in inland forested locations,[6] in association with the bark of podocarp trees.[7]
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 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 mayhillae". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "Details: Climocella mayhillae Goulstone, 1997". NZ Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Brook, F. J.; Goulstone, J. F. (25 January 1999). "Prehistoric and present‐day coastal landsnail faunas between Whananaki and Whangamumu, northeastern New Zealand, and implications for vegetation history following human colonisation". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 29 (2): 107–134. doi:10.1080/03014223.1999.9517587. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q136850107.
- ^ Barker, Gary M. (2005). "The character of the New Zealand land snail fauna and communities: some evolutionary and ecological perspectives". Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement. 68 (1): 53. doi:10.18195/ISSN.0313-122X.68.2005.053-102. ISSN 0313-122X. Wikidata Q106728496.