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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)
> gaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) gaza Suter, 1909
Images: Egestula gaza (Suter, 1909)
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © 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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> gaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) gaza Suter, 1909
Details: Egestula gaza (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 2mm
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.277)

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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