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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)
> egesta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Images: Egestula egesta (Gray, 1850)
Collected 17 Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 17 Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 17 Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 29 May 2005, Waiwera, NZ. 3.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 29 May 2005, Waiwera, NZ. 3.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 29 May 2005, Waiwera, NZ. 3.7mm. 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)
> egesta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Details: Egestula egesta (Gray, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.3mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland to Whangarei
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)
  • 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.166) 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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