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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Platypyrgus (Genus)
> nelsonensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Horatia nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Synonymised Names:
=Horatia nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Images: Platypyrgus nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Holotype, collected 17 Mar 1976, pool at source of Riwaka River North Branch, NW of Motueka, NZ (M.047278). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected source of Riwaka River, NW of Motueka, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected source of Riwaka River, NW of Motueka, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Platypyrgus (Genus)
> nelsonensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Horatia nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Synonymised Names:
=Horatia nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Details: Platypyrgus nelsonensis Climo, 1977
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Riwaka River, NW of Motueka, South Island
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Native - Endemic
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.140)
  • 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.76) 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