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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)
> buccinella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix buccinella Reeve, 1852
=Helix gamma L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Patula infecta var. alpestris Suter, 1891
=Patula sylvia Hutton, 1883
Images: Cavellia buccinella (Reeve, 1852)
Whirinaki Forest Eco. Management Zone, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whirinaki Forest Eco. Management Zone, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whirinaki Forest Eco. Management Zone, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Horokiwi Reserve near Woollaston Way, Wellington, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Horokiwi Reserve near Woollaston Way, Wellington, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Horokiwi Reserve near Woollaston Way, Wellington, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125093). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125093). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (M.125093). Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73059). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73059). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891, collected White Horse Hill, Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ (MA73059). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> buccinella (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Helix buccinella Reeve, 1852
=Helix gamma L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Patula infecta var. alpestris Suter, 1891
=Patula sylvia Hutton, 1883
Details: Cavellia buccinella (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Type Data:
  • Hooker Valley, NNW of Mount Cook Village, NZ, (syntype of Patula infecta alpestris Suter, 1891)
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.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.307)

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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