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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)
> Charopa (Genus)
> coma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) E. von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) coma (Gray, 1843)
=Endodonta (Charopa) coma var. multicostata R. Murdoch, 1897
=Endodonta coma (Gray, 1843)
=Endodonta coma var. multicostata R. Murdoch, 1897
=Patula coma (Gray, 1843)
=Patula coma f. globosa Suter, 1892
=Zonites coma Gray, 1843
Images: Charopa coma (Gray, 1843)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Wellington, NZ. 4.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Wellington, NZ. 4.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Wellington, NZ. 4.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Ohinau Island, E of Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Ohinau Island, E of Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Ohinau Island, E of Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 4.5mm. 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)
> Charopa (Genus)
> coma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) E. von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) coma (Gray, 1843)
=Endodonta (Charopa) coma var. multicostata R. Murdoch, 1897
=Endodonta coma (Gray, 1843)
=Endodonta coma var. multicostata R. Murdoch, 1897
=Patula coma (Gray, 1843)
=Patula coma f. globosa Suter, 1892
=Zonites coma Gray, 1843
Details: Charopa coma (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.7)
  • Goulstone, J.F. Sep/1989 Charopa coma in the Chatham Islands, Poirieria, 16(1) (p.2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.303)
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1976 Charopa coma - One of our Small Land Snails, Poirieria, 8(4)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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