Hadopyrgus
Sign in to saveHadopyrgus 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. 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). 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyTateidae
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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. 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). 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.
==Species== Species within the genus Hadopyrgus include: 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
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