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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)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola (Subfectola) rakiura Powell, 1939
Images: Mocella rakiura (Powell, 1939)
Holotype, collected Nov 1934, the Neck, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70322). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Nov 1934, the Neck, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70322). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Nov 1934, the Neck, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70322). 1.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
South Coast Track, Te Waewae Bay, Southland, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
South Coast Track, Te Waewae Bay, Southland, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
South Coast Track, Te Waewae Bay, Southland, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Fectola (Subfectola) rakiura Powell, 1939
Details: Mocella rakiura (Powell, 1939)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.7mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Land, 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.309)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1939 The Mollusca of Stewart Island., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.238) 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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