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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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> irregularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula infecta var. irregularis Suter, 1890
=Patula variecostata Suter, 1890
Images: Cavellia irregularis (Suter, 1890)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (M.125121). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Mangaweka Scenic Reserve, Manawatu, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Syntype, collected Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> irregularis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Patula infecta var. irregularis Suter, 1890
=Patula variecostata Suter, 1890
Details: Cavellia irregularis (Suter, 1890)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 1.7mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Hastwell, N of Masterton, NZ, (syntype)
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.307)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.224) 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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