Helix dunniae Gray, 1840

Pl. 9, fig. D

Gray, 1840. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6: 317.

Type material: Syntype (1), NHMUK 1840.10.30.3 (dry shell material) .

Label details: ‘N. Zealand, Mrs. Dunn’.

Type locality: ‘New Zealand’ (Gray 1840: 317).

Previous illustrations of type material: Smith (1874: pl. 1, fig. 7). The shell illustrated by Pfeiffer (1852 [in 1852–1860]: pl. 127, figs. 33–35) may be type material.

Remarks: The original description was based on one or more specimens collected by James Busby and donated to the British Museum by Mrs Dunn (Gray 1840: 317). Helix dunniae Gray, 1840 is the type species of Amborhytida Climo, 1974, by original designation.

Current Taxonomy: Listed as Amborhytida dunniae (Gray, 1840) by Spencer et al. (2006: 838) and Spencer et al. (2009: 218).

Distribution: New Zealand; northern North Island, from Kaitaia to Auckland (Powell 1979; Spencer et al. 2006).