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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)
> pandora (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Images: Egestula pandora Gardner, 1967
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Apr 1965, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ (MA71297). 1.65mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 3 Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 5 Sep 2015, Te Paki, Far North, NZ. 1.65mm. 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)
> Egestula (Genus)
> pandora (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Charopa (Egestula) Iredale, 1915
Details: Egestula pandora Gardner, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
North Island. Near Cape Reinga, Far North
Type Data:
  • Tapotupotu Bay, E of Cape Reinga, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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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.11)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.310)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1967 Descriptions of six new species of Land Snails from the Far North of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8(21) (p.217) 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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