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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Catapyrgus (Genus)
> fraterculus (Species)
Images: Catapyrgus fraterculus Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 12 Jun 1973, stream in Twinforks Cave, SW of Mangarakau, W of Collingwood, NZ (M.174163). 1.4mm. © 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)
> Catapyrgus (Genus)
> fraterculus (Species)
Details: Catapyrgus fraterculus Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
South Island. Paturau and upper Takaka, in cave streams
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, Native - Endemic, Small slender-conical shell
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2020 New Zealand Tateids, Cookia, 32 (p.5)
  • 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.136) 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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