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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> johannstraussi (Species)
Images: Opacuincola johannstraussi Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 20 Nov 2002, stream within Ballroom Cave, Aorere Caves, SSW of Collingwood, NZ (M.174103). ~1.5mm. © 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)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> johannstraussi (Species)
Details: Opacuincola johannstraussi Haase, 2008
Distribution:
South Island. SSW of Collingwood, Nelson. On wood and stones in streams
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M. Nov/2021 From Dark Comes the Light - Shell Collecting Underground, Cookia, 33 (p.22)
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2020 New Zealand Tateids, Cookia, 32 (p.5)
  • 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.121) Original Description

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