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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Hadopyrgus (Genus)
> brevis (Species)
Images: Hadopyrgus brevis Climo, 1974
Holotype, collected 17 May 1972, Nelson City Council Nursery well, Nelson City, NZ (M.032466). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In stream, S of Nelson, NZ. 1.5mm
In stream, S of Nelson, NZ. 1.3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Hadopyrgus (Genus)
> brevis (Species)
Details: Hadopyrgus brevis Climo, 1974
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson in groundwater and rivers
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Native - Endemic, Very small, pupiform, spire truncated and apex blunt. Operculum light orange
Distribution Map
 
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.131)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.124)
  • 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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