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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Sororipyrgus (Genus)
> kutukutu (Species)
Images: Sororipyrgus kutukutu Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 11 Apr 2002, trickle over rock face on N side of SH3, 50 m W of tunnel about half-way between Awakino & Mahotenui, NZ (M.174083). 2.0mm. © 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)
> Sororipyrgus (Genus)
> kutukutu (Species)
Details: Sororipyrgus kutukutu Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.0mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Central North Island. Between Awakino and Mahotenui. In rock crevices in seepages and trickles over rock faces
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.115) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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