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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)
> montivaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) E. von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus var. montivaga Suter, 1894
Images: Charopa montivaga Suter, 1894
Collected 9 Sep 1973, Tiraumea, E of Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Sep 1973, Tiraumea, E of Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Sep 1973, Tiraumea, E of Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, near Mamaku, Rotorua, NZ. 4.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, near Mamaku, Rotorua, NZ. 4.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Jan 1977, near Mamaku, Rotorua, NZ. 4.2mm. 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)
> montivaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) E. von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus var. montivaga Suter, 1894
Details: Charopa montivaga Suter, 1894
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
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.303)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Additions and emendations to the reference list of the land and fresh-water Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8 (p.498) 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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