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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> kivi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Nanina) irradiata Gould, 1846
=Helix radiaria L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Nanina kivi Gray, 1843
Images: Serpho kivi (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Collected Apr 2005, Jacks Bay, E of Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 8.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Jacks Bay, E of Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 8.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Jacks Bay, E of Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 8.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> kivi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Synonymised Names:
=Helix (Nanina) irradiata Gould, 1846
=Helix radiaria L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Nanina kivi Gray, 1843
Details: Serpho kivi (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
North Island, Taranaki northwards
Geographical Range:
L.N.E.
Notes:
Land, 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.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.323)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.262) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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