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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> matthewsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Images: Serpho matthewsi Suter, 1909
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Alive on a twig in shaded bush, Far North, NZ. ~12mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> matthewsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Details: Serpho matthewsi Suter, 1909
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 6.3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Far North
Geographical Range:
L.N.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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