Opacuincola dulcinella

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Opacuincola dulcinella
Type specimen from Te Papa

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Opacuincola
Species:
O. dulcinella
Binomial name
Opacuincola dulcinella
Synonyms
  • Hydrobiidae sp. 11 (M.174101)

Opacuincola dulcinella is a critically endangered species of freshwater snail endemic to New Zealand.

This snail has been found in two caves in very close proximity within a 1 km2 area in Pōhara, near Tākaka. The population trend of this snail is unknown at present but it is regarded as potentially threatened by urban development and groundwater removal and contamination.[3]

Conservation status

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