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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Halopyrgus (Genus)
> pupoides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Potamopyrgus pupoides Hutton, 1882
Images: Halopyrgus pupoides (Hutton, 1882)
Collected in brackish pool, eastern end of Korapuki Island, Mercury Islands, BOP, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Halopyrgus (Genus)
> pupoides (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Potamopyrgus pupoides Hutton, 1882
Details: Halopyrgus pupoides (Hutton, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.0mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
Fw.N.S.
Notes:
Brackish, Freshwater, Native - Endemic, Brackish steams and estuaries
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.108)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.122)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1882 On the Hydrobiinae of New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Science, 41 (p.1) Original Description

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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
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