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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)
> Suteria (Genus)
> raricostata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gerontia (Suteria) Pilsbry, 1892
=Patulopsis Suter, 1892
Images: Suteria raricostata Cumber, 1962
Holotype, collected Jul 1948, Awakino Gorge, E of Awakino, NZ (M.016935). 6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jul 1948, Awakino Gorge, E of Awakino, NZ (M.016935). 6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jul 1948, Awakino Gorge, E of Awakino, NZ (M.016935). 6mm. © 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)
> Suteria (Genus)
> raricostata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gerontia (Suteria) Pilsbry, 1892
=Patulopsis Suter, 1892
Details: Suteria raricostata Cumber, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Width 7mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Awakino Gorge
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.313)
  • Gardner, N.W. Nov/1976 Suteria raricostata Cumber, Poirieria, 8(5) (p.90)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1962 A second species of Suteria (Mollusca: Flammulinidae) and observations on Suteria ide (Gray), Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(1) (p.50) 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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