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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
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

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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