Climocella maculata
| Climocella maculata | |
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| Shell of Climocella maculata (lectotype at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Climocella |
| Species: | C. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Climocella maculata (Suter, 1891) | |
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Climocella maculata is a species of land snail in the family Charopidae. It can be found in New Zealand.[1][2]
Description
(Original description by Henry Suter) The shell agrees in almost every respect with the type of the species Patula corniculum (synonym of Mocella eta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)) but the white epidermis is ornamented with rufous, radiating streaks that occur at very irregular intervals and range from narrow to broad. There are about fifty ribs in one-tenth of an inch (20 per mm), whereas the typical form of the species, according to Hutton, possesses only forty; however, I do not regard this difference as being of much diagnostic value for distinguishing the variety. In my experience, Patula corniculum shows considerable variation in the number of ribs in different localities. [3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on South Island.
References
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Climocella maculata (Suter, 1891)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ "Climocella maculata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ Suter, H. (1891). "Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 23: 89. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
