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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> oppidanus (Species)
Images: Potamopyrgus oppidanus Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 26/11/2003, stream near foot of Wadestown Road, Wellington, NZ (M.174061). 2.8mm. © 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)
> Potamopyrgus (Genus)
> oppidanus (Species)
Details: Potamopyrgus oppidanus Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.8mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
North Island. Wellington. Only known from the type locality
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
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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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