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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)
> brouni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula brouni Suter, 1891
=Patula eremita Suter, 1891
Images: Cavellia brouni (Suter, 1891)
Collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125101). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125101). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125101). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
East of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
East of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
East of Birch Island, Beaumont, Otago, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2016, Kapiti Island, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2016, Kapiti Island, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2016, Kapiti Island, NZ. 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)
> brouni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula brouni Suter, 1891
=Patula eremita Suter, 1891
Details: Cavellia brouni (Suter, 1891)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1mm
Distribution:
Lower North and South Islands
Type Data:
  • Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ, (syntype)
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.306)
  • Suter, H. 1891 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 23 (p.86) 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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