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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Kuschelita (Genus)
> inflata (Species)
Images: Kuschelita inflata Climo, 1974
Holotype, collected 22 Jun 1972, MOW bore, Roys Hill, W of Hastings, NZ (M.032465). 1.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Kuschelita (Genus)
> inflata (Species)
Details: Kuschelita inflata Climo, 1974
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.6mm, Width 0.7mm
Distribution:
North Island. Napier-Hastings
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2020 New Zealand Tateids, Cookia, 32 (p.5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.124)
  • Climo, F.M. 1977 Notes on the New Zealand hydrobiid fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 7(1) (p.68)
  • Climo, F.M. 1974 Description and affinities of the subterranean molluscan fauna of New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1(3) (p.265) 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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