Charopa

Charopa coma, copyright Dougal Townsend.

Belongs within: Punctoidea.

Charopa is an Australasian genus of small land snails whose shell bears a simple aperture of which the upper part is curved backwards as the general trend of the ribbing (Powell 1961).

<==Charopa Albers 1860BR05
| i. s.: C. longstaffaeA27
|--C. (Charopa)P61
| |--*C. (C.) coma (Gray 1843)BR17 [=Zonites comaBR17, Helix comaP61]
| | |--C. c. comaP61
| | `--C. c. globosa (Suter 1892)P61
| |--C. (C.) anguicula (Reeve 1852)P61
| |--C. (C.) benhami (Suter 1909)P61
| |--C. (C.) bianca (Hutton 1883)P61
| | |--C. b. biancaP61
| | `--C. b. montana (Suter 1891)P61
| |--C. (C.) chrysaugeia (Webster 1904)P61
| |--C. (C.) montivaga Suter 1894P61
| |--C. (C.) multicostata (Murdoch 1897)P61
| |--C. (C.) ochra (Webster 1904)P61
| |--C. (C.) pseudocoma (Suter 1894)P61
| `--C. (C.) titirangiensis (Suter 1896)P61
`--C. (Pseudegestula Dell 1954)P61
|--C. (*P.) transenna (Suter 1904) [=Endodonta (Charopa) transenna]P61
| |--C. t. transennaP61
| `--C. t. brookesi Dell 1954P61
`--C. (P.) smithae Dell 1954P61

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A27] Allan, R. S. 1927. The geology and palaeontology of the Lower Waihao Basin, south Canterbury, New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 265–309.

[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[BR17] Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl & E. E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61 (1–2): 1–526.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

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