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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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> bicolor (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Egestula) bicolor Climo, 1973
Images: Egestula bicolor (Climo, 1973)
Holotype, collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ (M.024365). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ (M.024365). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ (M.024365). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1970, Great Island, NZ. 3.0mm. 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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> bicolor (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Egestula) bicolor Climo, 1973
Details: Egestula bicolor (Climo, 1973)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.8mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
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.310)
  • Climo, F.M. 1973 The Systematics, Biology and Zoogeography of the land snail fauna of Great Island, Three Kings Group, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(4) (p.591) 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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