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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)
> Therasia (Genus)
> propinqua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassia propinqua Hutton, 1882
=Thalassohelix propinqua (Hutton, 1882)
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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)
> Therasia (Genus)
> propinqua (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassia propinqua Hutton, 1882
=Thalassohelix propinqua (Hutton, 1882)
Details: Therasia propinqua (Hutton, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
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.318)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 Descriptions of new land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(6) (p.281) 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