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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> kuscheli (Species)
Images: Opacuincola kuscheli Climo, 1974
Holotype, collected 13 Jun 1973, Bush Cave, Paturau, NZ (M.032451). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Sep 2021, stream below Bush Cave, Paturau, Northern Westland, NZ. 2.3mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> kuscheli (Species)
Details: Opacuincola kuscheli Climo, 1974
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
South Island. Nelson
Type Data:
  • Wetneck Cave, W of Mangarakau, Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ, (paratype)
  • Twinforks Cave, Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ (Freshwater), (paratype)
  • Bush Cave, Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ (Freshwater), (holotype)
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Native - Endemic, Streams in caves
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.118)
  • 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.269) 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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