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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> pupiformis (Species)
Images: Meridiopyrgus pupiformis Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected -/12/1989, NE of Niagara, SW of Balclutha, small stream on sharp bend in Papatowai Niagara Road, short distance after entering bush, NZ (M.174197). ~1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
McLean Falls, Catlins, Otago, NZ. 2.18mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> pupiformis (Species)
Details: Meridiopyrgus pupiformis Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
South Island. NE of Niagara, SW of Balclutha
Geographical Range:
Fw.E.
Notes:
Freshwater, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2021 Spreading the Freshwater Snail Net in Otago, Cookia, 33 (p.15)
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2021 Habitat & Range Extensions for Meridiopyrgus pupiformis Haase, 2008, Cookia, 33 (p.22)
  • 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.147) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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 approximation 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
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil