Species Images
Holotype, collected 11 Apr 2002, trickle over rock face on N side of SH3, 50 m W of tunnel about half-way between Awakino & Mahotenui, NZ. (M.174083). 2.0mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa CC BY-NC-ND
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW =
Freshwater
L =
Land
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced

Sororipyrgus kutukutu Haase, 2008

Classification:Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Truncatelloidea (Superfamily) > Tateidae (Family) > Sororipyrgus (Genus)
Family:TATEIDAE
Size/Grows to:Height 2.0mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:Central North Island. Between Awakino and Mahotenui. In rock crevices in seepages and trickles over rock faces
Notes:
Freshwater, Endemic
 
References and Publications:
  • Haase, M. 2008: The radiation of hydrobiid gastropods in New Zealand: a revision including the description of new species based on morphology and mtDNA sequence information, Systematics and Biodiversity, 6(1) (p.115)

Note: Localities are approximate, and represent only some of the known localities for the species.

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