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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)
> Geminoropa (Genus)
> vortex (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa Iredale, 1933
Images: Geminoropa vortex (R. Murdoch, 1897)
Whirinaki Forest, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whirinaki Forest, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whirinaki Forest, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 1.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 1.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Makahu Tunnel, Strathmore, Taranaki, NZ. 1.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected off Paewhenua Road, Otorohanga, Waikato, NZ. 1.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected off Paewhenua Road, Otorohanga, Waikato, NZ. 1.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected off Paewhenua Road, Otorohanga, Waikato, NZ. 1.3mm. 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)
> Geminoropa (Genus)
> vortex (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa Iredale, 1933
Details: Geminoropa vortex (R. Murdoch, 1897)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.6mm, Height 0.75mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
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.309)
  • Murdoch, R. 1897 Descriptions of new species of Endodonta and Flammulina from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2 (p.160) 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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