Biology:Hadopyrgus

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Hadopyrgus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Hadopyrgus
Climo, 1974
Type species
Hadopyrgus anops
Climo, 1974
Species

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Hadopyrgus is a genus of white or transparent freshwater snails found only in New Zealand. They are micromolluscs, just a few millimetres long, in the gastropod family Tateidae.[1][2] Hadopyrgus species are subterranean – living in caves, underground aquifers, or deep in river gravels – and so were named from the Greek hades (underworld) and pyrgos (tower).[3] They can have quite restricted ranges: Hadopyrgus ngataana, for example, has been found in just one pool, in a stream flowing through a single cave.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Hadopyrgus include:[5]

  • Hadopyrgus anops Climo, 1974
  • Hadopyrgus brevis Climo, 1974
  • Hadopyrgus dubius Haase, 2008
  • Hadopyrgus expositus Haase, 2008
  • Hadopyrgus ngataana Haase, 2008
  • Hadopyrgus rawhiti Haase, 2008
  • Hadopyrgus sororius Haase, 2008

References

  1. Grainger, Natasha; Collier, Kevin; Hitchmough, Rod; Harding, Jon; Smith, Brian; Sutherland, Darin (May 2014). "Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2013". New Zealand Threat Classification Series 8. ISSN 2324-1713. http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs8entire.pdf. Retrieved 1 September 2015. 
  2. Haase, Martin (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): 99–159. doi:10.1017/S1477200007002630. 
  3. Climo, F. M. (1974). "Description and affinities of the subterranean molluscan fauna of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1 (3): 247–284. doi:10.1080/03014223.1974.9517834. ISSN 0301-4223. 
  4. Arnold, Naomi (11 December 2015). "New Zealand's loneliest snail that calls Nelson's Maitai Caves home". Nelson Mail (Fairfax Media). http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/73234748/new-zealands-loneliest-snail-that-calls-nelsons-maitai-caves-home. 
  5. "Family Tateidae". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist_family.php?family=Tateidae. 

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