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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)
> pandora (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Images: Egestula pandora Gardner, 1967
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
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)
> pandora (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Details: Egestula pandora Gardner, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
North Island. Near Cape Reinga, Far North
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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.11)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.310)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1967 Descriptions of six new species of Land Snails from the Far North of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8(21) (p.217) 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