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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
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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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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