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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)
> Gerontia (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Images: Gerontia pantherina Hutton, 1882
Collected Nov 1973, Mokihinui, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 9.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1973, Mokihinui, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 9.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 1973, Mokihinui, NW of Seddonville, Northern Westland, NZ. 9.8mm. 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)
> Gerontia (Genus)
> pantherina (Species)
Details: Gerontia pantherina Hutton, 1882
Size/Grows to:
Width 10.5mm, Height 5.3mm
Distribution:
South Island. Greymouth to Karamea and Reefton
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.312)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 Descriptions of new land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(6) (p.281) 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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