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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> antipodarum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amnicola zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Amnicola egena A.A. Gould, 1848
=Hydrobia spelaea Frauenfeld, 1863
=Amnicola badia A.A. Gould, 1848
=Amnicola corolla (A.A. Gould, 1847)
=Paludestrina cumingiana P. Fischer, 1860
=Paludestrina salleana P. Fischer, 1860
=Potamopyrgus badia (A.A. Gould, 1848)
=Potamopyrgus corolla (A.A. Gould, 1847)
=Potamopyrgus jenkinsi (E.A. Smith, 1889)
=Potamopyrgus jenkinsi aculeata Overton, 1905
Images: Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)
Holotype of Rissoa vana Hutton, 1873, collected Awamoa Creek, Oamaru, NZ (M.001760). 4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Sep 2008, Percy's Reserve, Maungaraki, Wellington, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2008, Percy's Reserve, Maungaraki, Wellington, NZ. 5.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2005, Whatuwhiwhi, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> antipodarum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amnicola zelandiae Gray, 1843
=Amnicola egena A.A. Gould, 1848
=Hydrobia spelaea Frauenfeld, 1863
=Amnicola badia A.A. Gould, 1848
=Amnicola corolla (A.A. Gould, 1847)
=Paludestrina cumingiana P. Fischer, 1860
=Paludestrina salleana P. Fischer, 1860
=Potamopyrgus badia (A.A. Gould, 1848)
=Potamopyrgus corolla (A.A. Gould, 1847)
=Potamopyrgus jenkinsi (E.A. Smith, 1889)
=Potamopyrgus jenkinsi aculeata Overton, 1905
Details: Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm
Distribution:
North and South Island. Also introduced to Australia, Europe, North America and Japan
Type Data:
  • Awamoa Creek, Oamaru, NZ (Freshwater), (holotype of Rissoa vana Hutton, 1873)
Notes:
Freshwater, Recent, 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.103)
  • Oct/1996 Potamopyrgus antipodum, Poirieria, 19 (p.30)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. Oct/1995 An unusual range extension of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843), Poirieria, 17(4)
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.25)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.122)
  • Aug/1969 Embryonicshell of Potamopyrgus corolla, Poirieria, 5(1)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.241) 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