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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> doci (Species)
Images: Potamopyrgus doci Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 25 Jan 2004, NW of Te Kuiti, Waitomo Caves, spring at exit of Ruakuri Cave, NZ (M.174064). ~1.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 2018, NW of Te Kuiti, Waitomo Caves, spring at exit of Ruakuri Cave, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2018, NW of Te Kuiti, Waitomo Caves, spring at exit of Ruakuri Cave, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> doci (Species)
Details: Potamopyrgus doci Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.7mm
Distribution:
North Island. Waitomo Caves, spring at exit of Ruakuri Cave
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.107) 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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