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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Sororipyrgus (Genus)
> raki (Species)
Images: Sororipyrgus raki Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 24 May 2002, trickle on rock face on S side of Mangakahia Road, 500 m SSE of Twin Bridges, S of Kaikohe, NZ (M.174075). 2.1mm. © 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)
> raki (Species)
Details: Sororipyrgus raki Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.1mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Northland, south of Kaikohe
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic, In leaf litter, moss, woody debris in trickles over rocks and in seepages
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.114) 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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