Hadopyrgus rawhiti

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Hadopyrgus rawhiti
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Status NZTCS NC.svg
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Hadopyrgus
Species:
H. rawhiti
Binomial name
Hadopyrgus rawhiti
Synonyms
  • Hydrobiidae sp. 34 (M.174193)

Hadopyrgus rawhiti is a critically endangered species of freshwater snail native to New Zealand.

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Habitat

This snail has been found in only one location: [3] a seepage by a waterfall in a stream between Hopewell & Raetihi, behind Double Bay, Kenepuru Sound. [4] The population trend of this snail is currently unknown, but it is considered potentially threatened by habitat destruction. [3]

Conservation status

In November 2018 the Department of Conservation classified Hadopyrgus rawhiti as Nationally Critical under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [1] The species was judged as meeting the criteria for Nationally Critical threat status as a result of it only being found in one location which was less than 1 ha in size. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Grainger, N.; Harding, J.; Drinan, T.; Collier, K.; Smith, B.; Death, R.; Makan, T.; Rolfe, J. (November 2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 28: 1–29 via Department of Conservation.
  2. Haase, Martin (February 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. S2CID   83722003.
  3. 1 2 Collier, K. (2013). "Hadopyrgus rawhiti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T198842A2540468. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198842A2540468.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. "Object: Freshwater snail, Hadopyrgus rawhiti Haase, 2008; holotype". Te Papa Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 1 September 2015.