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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)
> Therasiella (Genus)
> elevata (Species)
Images: Therasiella elevata Cumber, 1967
Holotype, collected Sep 1958, Herekino Gorge, S of Kaitaia, NZ (MA71311). 3.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Sep 1958, Herekino Gorge, S of Kaitaia, NZ (MA71311). 3.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Sep 1958, Herekino Gorge, S of Kaitaia, NZ (MA71311). 3.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Far North, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Far North, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Far North, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave 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)
> Therasiella (Genus)
> elevata (Species)
Details: Therasiella elevata Cumber, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
North Island. Hokianga area
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.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.312)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1967 The Genus Therasiella (Mollusca: Flammulinidae) in the North Island Mainland with descriptions of three new species, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(7) (p.63) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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