Catapyrgus jami
| Catapyrgus jami | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Catapyrgus |
| Species: | C. jami
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| Binomial name | |
| Catapyrgus jami Verhaegen & Haase, 2021
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Catapyrgus jami is a species of freshwater snail that has only been found at Kahurangi National Park in New Zealand's South Island.[1]: 80
The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number M.330187.[2]
The height of the shell attains 1.71mm, its width 1.06mm. It is extremely similar to Catapyrgus matapango from which it differs in the shape of the bursa copulatrix. The name 'jami' comes from the initials of the German composer Jochen A. Modeß.[1]: 79
References
[edit]- ^ a b Verhaegen, Gerlien; Haase, Martin (18 January 2021). "All-inclusive descriptions of new freshwater snail taxa of the hyperdiverse family Tateidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from the South Island of New Zealand". European Journal of Taxonomy (731): 71–96. Bibcode:2021EJTax.731...71V. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.731.1205.
- ^ "Catapyrgus jami Verhaegen & Haase, 2021 | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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