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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)
> Phenacharopa (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Phenacharopa) Pilsbry, 1893
=Tesseraria O. Boettger, 1881 (Not Haeckel, 1880)
Synonymised Names:
=Pupa novoseelandica Küster, 1852
Images: Phenacharopa novoseelandica (Küster, 1852)
Haywards Eastern Hills Scenic Reserve, Waiwhetu, Wellington, NZ. 4.0mm. 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)
> Phenacharopa (Genus)
> novoseelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Phenacharopa) Pilsbry, 1893
=Tesseraria O. Boettger, 1881 (Not Haeckel, 1880)
Synonymised Names:
=Pupa novoseelandica Küster, 1852
Details: Phenacharopa novoseelandica (Küster, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.75mm, Width 2.0mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. Nov/1993 The Land Snail Genus Phenacharopa Pilsbry, 1893, Poirieria, 16(5)
  • 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.157)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.311)
  • Küster, H. 1852 Die Gattungen Pupa, Megaspira, Balea und Tornatellina, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, 1(15) (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