MolluscaBase taxon details
Austropeplea tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
724555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724555)
accepted
Species
Amphipeplea ampulla (F. W. Hutton, 1884) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Amphipeplea ampulla var. globosa Suter, 1891 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Austropeplea (Austropeplea) tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) · alternative representation (superseded combination)
Limnaea (Amphipeplea) ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Limnaea (Amphipeplea) arguta F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Limnaea ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Limnaea leptosoma F. W. Hutton, 1884 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lymnaea subscalariformis Suter, 1917 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lymnaea tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Lymnoea subscalariformis Suter, 1917 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Myxas ampulla (F. W. Hutton, 1884) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Myxas ampulla waikariensis Cumber, 1941 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Succinea tomentosa L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent + fossil
(of Succinea tomentosa L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 297 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand (origin: native - endemic) [from infraspecies] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austropeplea tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724555 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Succinea tomentosa L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Limnaea ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Amphipeplea ampulla var. globosa Suter, 1891) Suter, H. (1891). Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 23: 84–93.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9777645
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Limnaea leptosoma F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Lymnoea subscalariformis Suter, 1917 †) Suter, H. (1917). Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 5: i-vi, 1-93., available online at https://archive.org/details/materialsforpala19thom/page/n407/mode/2up
page(s): 63, pl. 1, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Limnaea (Amphipeplea) arguta F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Myxas ampulla waikariensis Cumber, 1941 †) Cumber R.A. (1941). Two new species of freshwater molluscs from the Waikari Moa Swamp. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> 4: 359-60.
page(s): 360 [details]
basis of record Climo, F. M.; Pullan, N. B. (1972). A taxonomic review of the family Lymnaeidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) in New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 2(1): 5-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1972.10423300
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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status source Ponder, W. F., Hallan, A., Shea, M. E., Clark, S. A., Richards, K., Klunzinger, M. W. & Kessner, V. (2024). Australian Freshwater Molluscs. Revision 1. <em>https:keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/.</em> [details]
status source Puslednik, L.; Ponder, W. F.; Dowton, M.; Davis, A. R. (2009). Examining the phylogeny of the Australasian Lymnaeidae (Heterobranchia: Pulmonata: Gastropoda) using mitochondrial, nuclear and morphological markers. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 52(3): 643-659., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.033 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Limnaea ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Amphipeplea ampulla var. globosa Suter, 1891) Suter, H. (1891). Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 23: 84–93.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9777645
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Limnaea leptosoma F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Lymnoea subscalariformis Suter, 1917 †) Suter, H. (1917). Descriptions of new Tertiary Mollusca occurring in New Zealand, accompanied by a few notes on necessary changes in nomenclature. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 5: i-vi, 1-93., available online at https://archive.org/details/materialsforpala19thom/page/n407/mode/2up
page(s): 63, pl. 1, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Limnaea (Amphipeplea) arguta F. W. Hutton, 1884) Hutton, F. W. (1884). The fresh water shells of New Zealand belonging to the family Limnaeidae. <em>The New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 2 (4): 175.</em> [details]
original description (of Myxas ampulla waikariensis Cumber, 1941 †) Cumber R.A. (1941). Two new species of freshwater molluscs from the Waikari Moa Swamp. <em>Records of the Canterbury Museum.</em> 4: 359-60.
page(s): 360 [details]
basis of record Climo, F. M.; Pullan, N. B. (1972). A taxonomic review of the family Lymnaeidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) in New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 2(1): 5-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1972.10423300
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Ponder, W. F., Hallan, A., Shea, M. E., Clark, S. A., Richards, K., Klunzinger, M. W. & Kessner, V. (2024). Australian Freshwater Molluscs. Revision 1. <em>https:keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/.</em> [details]
status source Puslednik, L.; Ponder, W. F.; Dowton, M.; Davis, A. R. (2009). Examining the phylogeny of the Australasian Lymnaeidae (Heterobranchia: Pulmonata: Gastropoda) using mitochondrial, nuclear and morphological markers. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 52(3): 643-659., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.033 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.125108; Amphipeplea ampulla globosa Suter, 1891; syntype) (from synonym Amphipeplea ampulla var. globosa Suter, 1891)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.125540; Limnaea leptosoma Hutton, 1885; syntype) (from synonym Limnaea leptosoma F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.125545; Limnaea (Amphipeplea) ampulla Hutton, 1885; syntype) (from synonym Limnaea (Amphipeplea) ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.125540; Limnaea leptosoma Hutton, 1885; syntype) (from synonym Limnaea leptosoma F. W. Hutton, 1884)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.125545; Limnaea (Amphipeplea) ampulla Hutton, 1885; syntype) (from synonym Limnaea (Amphipeplea) ampulla F. W. Hutton, 1884)
