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Opacuincola delira Haase, 2008Species Images
Holotype, collected 17 Nov 2002, in trickle under rock overhang beside Crazy Paving Cave, Oparara River valley, NE of Karamea, NZ (M.174124). 1.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Opacuincola delira Haase, 2008
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Truncatelloidea (Superfamily) > Tateidae (Family) > Opacuincola (Genus) > delira (Species)
Family:
TATEIDAE
Details: Opacuincola delira Haase, 2008
Distribution:
South Island. NE of Karamea, Nelson
Geographical Range:
Fw.S.E.
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Endemic, On wood, moss, leaves and stones in seepages and caves
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.125)

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