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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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> gaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) gaza Suter, 1909
Images: Egestula gaza (Suter, 1909)
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 9 Nov 1970, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 4.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Lectotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.102354). 4.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> gaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta (Charopa) gaza Suter, 1909
Details: Egestula gaza (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
L.
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.310)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.277)

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
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