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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> matthewsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Images: Serpho matthewsi Suter, 1909
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Kaitaia, NZ (M.125135). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Serville Cliffs, W of North Cape, NZ. 7.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Alive on a twig in shaded bush, Far North, NZ. ~12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: THERASIINAE
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)
> Therasiinae (Subfamily)
> Serpho (Genus)
> matthewsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Carthaea Hutton, 1883
Details: Serpho matthewsi Suter, 1909
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 6.3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Far North
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.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.323)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.259) 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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