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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)
> Charopa (Genus)
> bianca (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Images: Charopa bianca (Hutton, 1883)
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Lake Thompson Hut, Wapiti River, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> Charopa (Genus)
> bianca (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Endodonta (Charopa) Albers, 1860
=Helix (Charopa) Martens, 1860
=Patula (Charopa) von Martens, 1860
=Simplicaria Mousson, 1890
Details: Charopa bianca (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands
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.303)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.475) 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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