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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> josefstraussi (Species)
Images: Opacuincola josefstraussi Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 5 Jun 1977, inside Aorere Cave, near entrance, S of Rockville, SSW of Collingwood, NZ (M.174117). ~2.3mm. © 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)
> josefstraussi (Species)
Details: Opacuincola josefstraussi Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.3mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
South Island. SSW of Collingwood, Nelson
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M. Nov/2021 From Dark Comes the Light - Shell Collecting Underground, Cookia, 33 (p.22)
  • 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.123) 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