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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)
> marsupialis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola marsupialis Powell, 1941
Images: Cavellia marsupialis (Powell, 1941)
Onamalutu, Richmond Range, Marlborough, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Onamalutu, Richmond Range, Marlborough, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Showing juvenile in umbilicus. Onamalutu, Richmond Range, Marlborough, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Holotype, collected Dec 1927, Pelorus Bridge, Marlborough, NZ (MA70321). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Dec 1927, Pelorus Bridge, Marlborough, NZ (MA70321). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Dec 1927, Pelorus Bridge, Marlborough, NZ (MA70321). © 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)
> marsupialis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola marsupialis Powell, 1941
Details: Cavellia marsupialis (Powell, 1941)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson to Marlborough
Type Data:
  • Pelorus Bridge, E of Nelson, NZ, (holotype)
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)
  • Mar/1970 Charopa marsupialis, Poirieria, 5(3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1941 Seven New Species of New Zealand Land Mollusca, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(5) (p.260) 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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