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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)
> marstoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) marstoni Climo, 1969
Images: Cavellia marstoni (Climo, 1969)
Collected 26 Jan 1966, Mount Arthur Track, W of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.022462). 3.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 26 Jan 1966, Mount Arthur Track, W of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.022462). 3.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 26 Jan 1966, Mount Arthur Track, W of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.022462). 3.2mm. © 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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> marstoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) marstoni Climo, 1969
Details: Cavellia marstoni (Climo, 1969)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.2mm
Distribution:
South Island. West Nelson
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.305)
  • Climo, F.M. 1969 Classification of New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata). 2. A revision of Charopa subgenus Ptychodon Ancey, 1888, Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(13) (p.195) 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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