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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)
> Cavellioropa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana Dell, 1952
Images: Cavellioropa cookiana (Dell, 1952)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave 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)
> Cavellioropa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana Dell, 1952
Details: Cavellioropa cookiana (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.1mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. Wellington to Marlborough Sounds and Nelson
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.309)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New species and genera of New Zealand land snails with a revision of the genus Cavellia, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(9) (p.93) 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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