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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> mete kahurangi (Species)
Images: Opacuincola mete kahurangi Verhaegen & Haase, 2021
Cavern Creek, NE of Karamea, Kahurangi National Park, NW Nelson, NZ. 2.3mm
Cavern Creek, NE of Karamea, Kahurangi National Park, NW Nelson, NZ. 2.3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> mete kahurangi (Species)
Details: Opacuincola mete kahurangi Verhaegen & Haase, 2021
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.44mm, Width 2.04mm
Distribution:
Kahurangi National Park, NW Nelson
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic,
On rough rocks in river
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Verhaegen, G., Haase, M. 2021 All-inclusive descriptions of new freshwater snail taxa of the hyperdiverse family Tateidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from the South Island of New Zealand, European Journal of Taxonomy, 731 (p.88) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil