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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> troglodytes (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Opacuincola troglodytes Climo, 1974
Images: Potamopyrgus troglodytes (Climo, 1974)
Holotype, collected 1971, SW of Te Kuiti, W of Aria, S side of Mokau River, WNW of end of Wairoma Road, Motukaramu Soda Spring, NZ (M.032446). 1.8mm. © 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)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> troglodytes (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Opacuincola troglodytes Climo, 1974
Details: Potamopyrgus troglodytes (Climo, 1974)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.0mm
Distribution:
King Country, North Island
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, 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.105)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.124)
  • Climo, F.M. 1977 Notes on the New Zealand hydrobiid fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 7(1) (p.75)
  • Climo, F.M. 1974 Description and affinities of the subterranean molluscan fauna of New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1(3) (p.269) 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