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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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> anguicula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus (Reeve, 1852)
=Helix anguiculus Reeve, 1852
Images: Cavellia anguicula (Reeve, 1852)
Hayward's Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Hayward's Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Hayward's Reserve, Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trig Track, Kapiti Island, Kapiti Coast, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trig Track, Kapiti Island, Kapiti Coast, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Trig Track, Kapiti Island, Kapiti Coast, NZ. 4.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> anguicula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus (Reeve, 1852)
=Helix anguiculus Reeve, 1852
Details: Cavellia anguicula (Reeve, 1852)
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1983 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata) IX. The new genus Paracharopa (Charopidae), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2 (p.157)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.303)

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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