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Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Obtusopyrgus (Genus)
> alpinus (Species)
Images: Obtusopyrgus alpinus Haase, 2008
Holotype, collected 28 Feb 2002, seepage trickling over rocks on S side of Broken River Ski Club Road, SE of Arthur's Pass, NZ (M.174174). ~1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected in mossy seepage, Oct 2022, Hanmer, Canterbury, NZ. ~1.8mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TATEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Tateidae (Family)
> Obtusopyrgus (Genus)
> alpinus (Species)
Details: Obtusopyrgus alpinus Haase, 2008
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
South Island. SE of Arthur's Pass. In seepage trickling over rocks
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.140) 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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