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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
Geographical Range:
Fw.N.
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

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
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