Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

The land Mollusca of Stewart and Solander Islands Journal Paper

Author
Dell, R.K.
Year
1954
Journal / Source
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Volume
82
Pages
137-156
Summary
THE land snail faunas of Stewart Island and the Solanders aie listed. Thirty-three species are recorded fiom Stewart Island and three from the Solanders. Three new species, Ptychodon gadus, Charopa (Pseudegestula) smithae and Phrixgnathus rakiura, and three new subspecies Ptychodon monoplax hiara/ra, Phrtxgnathus flemwgi siewartemis, and P. rakiura solandert are described from the aiea while a new subgenus Charopa (Pseudegestula) and a new subspecies Charopa {Pseudegestula) transenna brookesi are described from the South Island The origin and relationships of the Stewart Island land snail fauna aie discussed
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