A taxonomic review of the family Lymnaeidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) in New Zealand
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Vol. 2 (1), 5-13
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1972.10423300
Abstract
DIAGNOSTIC features of Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758), L. truncatula (Mueller, 1774), L. tomentosa (Pfeiffer, 1855), and L. columella Say, 1817, the four species recognised here as living in New Zealand, are presented. Lymnaea alfredi alfredi Suter, 1890 is synonymised with L. truncatula; L. tomentosa waikariensis (Cumber, 1941) is synonymised with L. tomentosa, and L. alfredi hamiltoni Dell, 1956 is made a subspecies of L. tomentosa.Keywords
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