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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
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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

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