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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> roscoei (Species)
Images: Opacuincola roscoei Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 17 Mar 1976, pool at source of Riwaka River North Branch, NW of Motueka, NZ (M.174141). ~1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Source of Riwaka River, NW of Motueka, Tasman, NZ. ~2mm
Source of Riwaka River, NW of Motueka, Tasman, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> roscoei (Species)
Details: Opacuincola roscoei Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.4mm, Width 2.4mm
Distribution:
NW of Motueka, South Island
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
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.128) 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
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