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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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> microgaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Images: Egestula microgaza (Climo, 1973)
Holotype, collected 13 Nov 1970, Placostylus bollonsi arbutus colony, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.024364). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 13 Nov 1970, Placostylus bollonsi arbutus colony, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.024364). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 13 Nov 1970, Placostylus bollonsi arbutus colony, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.024364). © 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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> microgaza (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Details: Egestula microgaza (Climo, 1973)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.6mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Type Data:
  • Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Charopa (Egestula) microgaza Climo, 1973)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.310)
  • Climo, F.M. 1973 The Systematics, Biology and Zoogeography of the land snail fauna of Great Island, Three Kings Group, New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(4) (p.593) 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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