18 LAND AND FRESH- WATER MOLLUSCA OF NEW ZEALAND, 



Class GASTEROPODA. 



Subclass ANISOPLEURA. 



Order STREPTONEURA. 



Suborder HOLOCHLAMYDA. 



Family M E L A N i I D ^. 



Melanopsis, Ferussac, pat. 1807. 

 J. J. Ferussac, Essai d'une methode conchyliologique, p. 70. 



1 M. trifasciata. Gray, 1843. 



S y n o n y m. — zelandica, Gould, 1848, and ovata, Dunker, 1862. 



Reference s. — DiefFenbach's N.Z. ii. p. 263 ; Proc. Boston 

 N.H. Soc. ii. p. 225 ; U.S. Expl. Exped. xii. p. 130, f. 146, a, b; 

 Mai. Blatt. viii, p. 150 } Conch. Icon. xii. Melanopsis, pi. I. f. 2a, 

 2b ; Voy. Erebus and Terror, ii. Moll. pi. L f. 18 ; Man. N.Z. 

 Moll. p. 78 ; Trans. N.Z. Inst. xv. p. 123, pi. xiv. f. f (radula) ; 

 Conch. Cab. (2) i. pt. 24, p. 464, pi. xlix. fF. 20, 22, &c. 



Habitat s. — North Island ; Waitanga Falls (Dieffenbach), 

 Auckland, Kaneranga, River Thames, Whangarei. South Island ; 

 Greymouth, Dunedin, Kenepuru Sound. 



2 M. STRANGEi, Reeve, 1860. 



R e f. — Conch. Icon. xii. Melanopsis, pi. i. f . 3a, 3b ; Voy. 

 Erebus and Terror, ii. Moll. pi. L f. 22 ; Conch. Cab. (2) i. pt. 24, 

 p. 465, pi. XLIX. fF. 23, 24 ; Man. N.Z. Moll. p. 78. 



H a b. — North Island. 



Not e. — Scarcely entitled to specific rank. Vide Brot, Mate- 

 riaux pour servir a I'etude de la famille des Melaniens, pt. ii. p. 56. 



