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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)
> transenna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) Dell, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) transenna (Suter, 1904)
=Endodonta (Charopa) transenna Suter, 1904
=Endodonta transenna Suter, 1904
Images: Pseudegestula transenna (Suter, 1904)
Lectotype, collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, c. 6 miles (9.66 km) from Henderson, NZ (M.102351). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, c. 6 miles (9.66 km) from Henderson, NZ (M.102351). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, c. 6 miles (9.66 km) from Henderson, NZ (M.102351). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, NZ (MA73061). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, NZ (MA73061). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Waitakere Range, W of Auckland, NZ (MA73061). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> transenna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) Dell, 1954
Synonymised Names:
=Charopa (Pseudegestula) transenna (Suter, 1904)
=Endodonta (Charopa) transenna Suter, 1904
=Endodonta transenna Suter, 1904
Details: Pseudegestula transenna (Suter, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.2mm, Height 1.4mm
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.304)
  • Suter, H. 1904 New land-shells from New Zealand., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6 (p.156) 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