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New Zealand mud snail

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q1844769
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Summary

New Zealand mud snail is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Zealand mud snail's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • New Zealand mud snail is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • New Zealand mud snail's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • New Zealand mud snail is classified within Potamopyrgus[6].
  • New Zealand mud snail is endemic to New Zealand[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, New Zealand mud snail is Potamopyrgus antipodarum[8].
  • New Zealand mud snail's Commons category is recorded as Potamopyrgus antipodarum[9].
  • New Zealand mud snail's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. antipodarum'}[10].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Zealand Mudsnail'}[11].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': "Jenkins' waterhorentje"}[12].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'písečník novozélandský'}[13].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'vaeltajakotilo'}[14].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vandrepollsnegl'}[15].
  • New Zealand mud snail is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Neuseeländische Zwergdeckelschnecke'}[16].
  • New Zealand mud snail's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[17].
  • New Zealand mud snail's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as not threatened[18].

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Classification

New Zealand mud snail's scientific name is Potamopyrgus antipodarum[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Potamopyrgus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Zealand Mudsnail'}[11], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': "Jenkins' waterhorentje"}[12], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'písečník novozélandský'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'vaeltajakotilo'}[14], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vandrepollsnegl'}[15], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Neuseeländische Zwergdeckelschnecke'}[16].

Distribution

New Zealand mud snail is endemic to New Zealand[7].

Identifiers

New Zealand mud snail's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 129201[19]. New Zealand mud snail's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145637[20]. New Zealand mud snail's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 586334[21]. New Zealand mud snail's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5192470[22]. New Zealand mud snail's ITIS TSN is recorded as 205006[23].

Why It Matters

New Zealand mud snail ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (146 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

New Zealand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive to → Q1397
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 24481, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 22w ago · Ambrosia10 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Endemic to → New Zealand
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Indigenous to: New Zealand"
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