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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
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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