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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
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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