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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)
> tapirina (Species)
Images: Cavellia tapirina (Hutton, 1883)
Collected 24 Aug 1967, Seaward Bush, Invercargill, Southland, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 24 Aug 1967, Seaward Bush, Invercargill, Southland, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 24 Aug 1967, Seaward Bush, Invercargill, Southland, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Opoho Creek headwaters, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Opoho Creek headwaters, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Opoho Creek headwaters, Dunedin, Otago, NZ. 2.8mm. 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)
> Cavellia (Genus)
> tapirina (Species)
Details: Cavellia tapirina (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.0mm, Height 1.7mm
Distribution:
South and Stewart Island. Otago southwards
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.308)

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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