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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> murihiku (Species)
Images: Meridiopyrgus murihiku Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 10 Jan 2003, spring on farm of J. McConcie, S of Browns, N of Invercargill, NZ (M.174202). 1.9mm. © 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)
> Meridiopyrgus (Genus)
> murihiku (Species)
Details: Meridiopyrgus murihiku Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.9mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
North of Invercargill, South Island. In springs and streamlets
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.146) 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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