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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Paxillostium (Genus)
> nanum (Species)
Images: Paxillostium nanum Gardner, 1970
Collected Jan 1974, Herekino Gorge, south of Kaitaia, Northland, NZ. 2.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Paxillostium (Genus)
> nanum (Species)
Details: Paxillostium nanum Gardner, 1970
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Northland, in small bush streams or areas of swampy seepage
Notes:
Freshwater, 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.111)
  • Gardner, N.W. May/1980 Paxillostium nanum Gardner, Poirieria, 10(5) (p.81)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.124)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1970 A new genus and species of freshwater snail (Hydrobiidae) from northern New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(16) (p.181) 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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