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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 A. A. Gould, 1846
=Helix radiaria L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Nanina kivi Gray, 1843
Images: Serpho kivi (Gray, 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. © rights reserved
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
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 A. A. Gould, 1846
=Helix radiaria L. Pfeiffer, 1855
=Nanina kivi Gray, 1843
Details: Serpho kivi (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
North Island, Taranaki northwards
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.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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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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