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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)
> Mocella (Genus)
> spelaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Pseudallodiscus spelaeus Climo, 1971
Images: Mocella spelaea (Climo, 1971)
Holotype, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022457). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022457). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 1967, Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ (M.022457). 2.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Mocella (Genus)
> spelaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Mocella) Iredale, 1915
Synonymised Names:
=Pseudallodiscus spelaeus Climo, 1971
Details: Mocella spelaea (Climo, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.7mm
Distribution:
South Island
Type Data:
  • Gorge Creek Cave, E of East Takaka Road, S of East Takaka, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Subfossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1981 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata) 8: Notes on some charopid species with descriptions of new taxa (Charopidae), National Museum of New Zealand Records, 2(3) (p.10)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.322)
  • Climo, F.M. 1971 Classification of New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata). 5. Descriptions of some new phenacohelicid taxa (Punctidae: Phenacohelicinae), Records of the Dominion Museum, 7 (p.103) 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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