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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)
> valeria (Species)
Images: Therasia valeria Hutton, 1883
Collected Dec 2015, Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2015, Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2015, Gilpin's Track, south side of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury, NZ. 7.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
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)
> valeria (Species)
Details: Therasia valeria Hutton, 1883
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.5mm, Height 4mm
Distribution:
South Island. Christchurch and Dunedin
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.317)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.477) 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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