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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)
> reeftonensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula sterkiana var. reeftonensis Suter, 1892
Images: Cavellia reeftonensis (Suter, 1892)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.125169). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Nov 2017, near top of Lewis Pass, Canterbury, NZ. 2.8mm. 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)
> reeftonensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula sterkiana var. reeftonensis Suter, 1892
Details: Cavellia reeftonensis (Suter, 1892)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
South Island and Stewart Island
Type Data:
  • Capleston, NE of Reefton, NZ, (syntype of Patula sterkiana reeftonensis Suter, 1892)
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.308)

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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