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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> reeftonensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula sterkiana var. reeftonensis Suter, 1892
Images: Cavellia reeftonensis (Suter, 1892)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: CHAROPINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Charopinae (Subfamily)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> reeftonensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula sterkiana var. reeftonensis Suter, 1892
Details: Cavellia reeftonensis (Suter, 1892)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
South Island and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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