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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
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)

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