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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Tongapyrgus (Genus)
> subterraneus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Potamopyrgus subterraneus Suter, 1905
Images: Tongapyrgus subterraneus (Suter, 1905)
Holotype, collected 1892, No locality data, but presumably near Ashburton, NZ (M.120197). ~2.75mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Tongapyrgus (Genus)
> subterraneus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Potamopyrgus subterraneus Suter, 1905
Details: Tongapyrgus subterraneus (Suter, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.75mm, Width 1.25mm
Distribution:
Canterbury and northern Otago, South Island
Geographical Range:
S.Sf.Fo.
Notes:
Subfossil, Fossil, 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.144)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.122)
  • Suter, H. 1905 Revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Potamopyrgus, with description of a new species, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.267) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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