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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)
> Mocella (Genus)
> elliottae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) elliottae Climo, 1969
Images: Mocella elliottae (Climo, 1969)
Holotype of Charopa (Ptychodon) elliottae, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022471). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Charopa (Ptychodon) elliottae, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022471). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Charopa (Ptychodon) elliottae, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022471). 2.1mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1973, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1973, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1973, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ. 1.8mm. 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)
> Mocella (Genus)
> elliottae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Ptychodon) elliottae Climo, 1969
Details: Mocella elliottae (Climo, 1969)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.1mm
Distribution:
South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.Sf.
Notes:
Land, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1981 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata) 8: Notes on some charopid species with descriptions of new taxa (Charopidae), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2(3) (p.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.304)
  • Climo, F.M. 1969 Classification of New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata). 2. A revision of Charopa subgenus Ptychodon Ancey, 1888, Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(13) (p.186) 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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