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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)
> microrhina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) vortex microrhina Suter, 1909
Images: Cavellioropa microrhina (Suter, 1909)
Syntype, collected near Ormondvale, NE of Dannevirke, NZ (MA73070). 1.9mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected near Ormondvale, NE of Dannevirke, NZ (MA73070). 1.9mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected near Ormondvale, NE of Dannevirke, NZ (MA73070). 1.9mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lucy's Gully, Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lucy's Gully, Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Lucy's Gully, Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ. 1.6mm. 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)
> microrhina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) vortex microrhina Suter, 1909
Details: Cavellioropa microrhina (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.9mm, Height 1.1mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. Auckland to Waimate
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)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.261) 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