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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Catapyrgus (Genus)
> matapango (Species)
Images: Catapyrgus matapango Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 17 Nov 2002, pool immediately outside entrance to Crazy Paving Cave, Oparara River valley, NE of Karamea, NZ (M.174166). 1.6mm. © 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)
> matapango (Species)
Details: Catapyrgus matapango Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.6mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
South Island. Oparara River Valley, NE of Karamea. In seepages and caves
Notes:
Freshwater, Subterranean, 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.139) 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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