Climocella waenga

Climocella waenga
Holotype from the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Climocella
Species:
C. waenga
Binomial name
Climocella waenga
Goulstone, 1997

Climocella waenga is a species of land snail belonging to the family Charopidae. Endemic to New Zealand, the species is found in the eastern Bay of Plenty and in the Gisborne District, often in association with rotting tree ferns.

Description

C. waenga has a shell that measures up to 3.1 mm (0.12 in) by 1.6 mm (0.063 in), with a subdiscoidal shell of 4.5 whorls that increase in size. The protoconch has 1.75 whorls with the first whorl having eight spiral lirae. The shells have russet-brown bands.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by James Frederick Goulstone in 1996, who named the species after Waenga, a location near Te Araroa where the holotype was collected from. Pauline C. Mayhill collected the holotype of the species from Waenga in the northern Gisborne District in New Zealand on 1 March 1993. The holotype is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution and habitat

C. waenga is endemic to New Zealand, known to occur in the coastal areas eastern Bay of Plenty and the Gisborne District, and in Te Urewera forest. It is often found in association with rotting tree ferns.

References

  1. ↑ Climocella waenga Goulstone, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Goulstone, James Frederick (1996). "Seven New Species of Climocella (Gastropoda: Punctoidea: Charopidae) from Northern New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 33: 173–194. JSTOR 42906463. Wikidata Q58677504.
  3. ↑ Blom, Wilma Maija (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. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.
  4. ↑ "Climocella waenga". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Details: Climocella waenga Goulstone, 1997". NZ Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "land snail, Climocella waenga Goulstone, 1997". Collections Online. Te Papa. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "land snail, Climocella waenga Goulstone, 1997". Collections Online. Te Papa. Retrieved 20 November 2025.