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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> caeca (Species)
Images: Opacuincola caeca Ponder, 1966
Holotype, collected 1 Aug 1964 Gorge Creek Cave, S of East Takaka, Nelson, NZ (MA71338). ~2.2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected inside Cottage Cave, East Takaka, NZ. 2.66mm
Collected inside Cottage Cave, East Takaka, NZ. 2.66mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> caeca (Species)
Details: Opacuincola caeca Ponder, 1966
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.24mm, Width 1.84mm
Distribution:
East Takaka, Nelson, South Island
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, From cave streams
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2020 New Zealand Tateids, Cookia, 32 (p.5)
  • 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.118)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.124)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1966 On a subterranean snail and a tornid from New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 10 (p.35) 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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