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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)
> irregularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula infecta var. irregularis Suter, 1890
=Patula variecostata Suter, 1890
Images: Cavellia irregularis (Suter, 1890)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> irregularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula infecta var. irregularis Suter, 1890
=Patula variecostata Suter, 1890
Details: Cavellia irregularis (Suter, 1890)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 1.7mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
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.307)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.224) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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