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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> terraelapsus (Species)
Images: Opacuincola terraelapsus Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 09 Mar 1976, start of Fenian Track, NE of Karamea, NZ (M.174131). 1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
From seepage, NE of Karamea, Northern Westland, NZ. 1.6mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Opacuincola (Genus)
> terraelapsus (Species)
Details: Opacuincola terraelapsus Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm, Width 1.1mm
Distribution:
South Island. NE of Karamea, Nelson
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.125) 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