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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> muaupoko (Species)
Images: Meridiopyrgus muaupoko Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 09 Jan 2003, Dunedin, spring in native forest on basalt beside Mount Cargill Walkway, NZ (M.174181). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected May 2021, Hoods Creek Track, Herbert Forest, Otago, NZ. 2.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> muaupoko (Species)
Details: Meridiopyrgus muaupoko Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.3mm, Width 1.0mm
Distribution:
Dunedin to the Catlins, South Island. In springs and streamlets
Notes:
Freshwater, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cresswell, P.L. Nov/2021 Spreading the Freshwater Snail Net in Otago, Cookia, 33 (p.15)
  • 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.146) 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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