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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)
> Cavellioropa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana Dell, 1952
Images: Cavellioropa cookiana (Dell, 1952)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana, collected 26 Aug 1948, Mahina Bay, E of Wellington, NZ (M.005540). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 25 Oct 2005, Wainuiomata Hill Road, Summit, Wellington, NZ. 2.1mm. 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)
> Cavellioropa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) Dell, 1952
Synonymised Names:
=Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana Dell, 1952
Details: Cavellioropa cookiana (Dell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.1mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. Wellington to Marlborough Sounds and Nelson
Type Data:
  • Mahina Bay, Wellington, NZ, (holotype of Geminoropa (Cavellioropa) cookiana Dell, 1952)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.309)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New species and genera of New Zealand land snails with a revision of the genus Cavellia, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(9) (p.93) 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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