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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)
> Pseudegestula (Genus)
> brookesi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) Dell, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) transenna brookesi Dell, 1954
Images: Pseudegestula brookesi (Dell, 1954)
Holotype, collected 26 Jan 1948, Mount Balloon, Mount Arthur Tableland, SW of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.004091). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 26 Jan 1948, Mount Balloon, Mount Arthur Tableland, SW of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.004091). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 26 Jan 1948, Mount Balloon, Mount Arthur Tableland, SW of Motueka, Tasman, NZ (M.004091). 2.3mm. © 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)
> Pseudegestula (Genus)
> brookesi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) Dell, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) transenna brookesi Dell, 1954
Details: Pseudegestula brookesi (Dell, 1954)
Distribution:
Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1954 The land Mollusca of Stewart and Solander Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82(1) (p.145) 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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