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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)
> Paracharopa (Genus)
> fuscosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus var. fuscosa Suter, 1894
Images: Paracharopa fuscosa (Suter, 1894)
Paralectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (MA73002). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (MA73002). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paralectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (MA73002). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (M.022442). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (M.022442). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Hunua Range, Auckland, NZ (M.022442). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Paracharopa (Genus)
> fuscosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa anguiculus var. fuscosa Suter, 1894
Details: Paracharopa fuscosa (Suter, 1894)
Distribution:
North Island. Hunua Range
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - 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.9)
  • Climo, F.M. 1983 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata) IX. The new genus Paracharopa (Charopidae), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2 (p.154)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Further contributions to the knowledge of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 26 (p.135) 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