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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)
> Chaureopa (Genus)
> rustica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Allodiscus rusticus Suter, 1894
Images: Chaureopa rustica (Suter, 1894)
Levin, Wellington, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Levin, Wellington, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Levin, Wellington, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype, collected Thames, NZ (M.125171). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Thames, NZ (M.125171). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Thames, NZ (M.125171). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Chaureopa (Genus)
> rustica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Allodiscus rusticus Suter, 1894
Details: Chaureopa rustica (Suter, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Thames
Type Data:
  • Thames, Coromandel, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.320)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Further contributions to the knowledge of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 26 (p.135) Original Description

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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