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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> abradeta (Species)
Images: Opacuincola abradeta Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 19 Nov 2002, spring source of stream entering Baby Grand Cave, SW of Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ (M.174146). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Sep 2021, stream exiting Baby Grand Cave, SW of Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ. 2.6mm
Collected Sep 2021, stream exiting Baby Grand Cave, SW of Paturau, W of Collingwood, NZ. 2.6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> abradeta (Species)
Details: Opacuincola abradeta Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 1.7mm
Distribution:
South Island. SW of Paturau, W of Collingwood
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.E.
Notes:
Freshwater, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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