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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)
> Therasiella (Genus)
> celinde (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix fatua L. Pfeiffer, 1857
=Nanina celinde Gray, 1850
Images: Therasiella celinde (Gray, 1850)
Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 3.9mm. 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)
> Therasiella (Genus)
> celinde (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix fatua L. Pfeiffer, 1857
=Nanina celinde Gray, 1850
Details: Therasiella celinde (Gray, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.311)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1967 The Genus Therasiella (Mollusca: Flammulinidae) in the North Island Mainland with descriptions of three new species, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(7) (p.65)
  • Gray, J.E. 1850 Description of a new genus and several new species of terrestrial, fluviatile, and marine molluscous animals inhabiting New Zealand, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (p.164) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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