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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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> sylvia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula mutabilis Suter, 1891
Images: Cavellia sylvia (Hutton, 1883)
Collected 780 metres, Wakefield Track, E of Mount Cook village, Mount Cook, Westland, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 780 metres, Wakefield Track, E of Mount Cook village, Mount Cook, Westland, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 780 metres, Wakefield Track, E of Mount Cook village, Mount Cook, Westland, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 12 Dec 1995, east of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.3mm. 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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> sylvia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula mutabilis Suter, 1891
Details: Cavellia sylvia (Hutton, 1883)
Distribution:
South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Climo, F.M. 1996 Mollusca from Parikawa locality - Appendix I, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 39 (p.73)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.476) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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