Liracraea odhneri
Appearance
Liracraea odhneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Liracraea |
Species: | L. odhneri
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Binomial name | |
Liracraea odhneri Powell, 1942
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Synonyms[1] | |
Liracraea odhneri odhneri Powell, 1942 · accepted, alternate representation |
Liracraea odhneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.2 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off North Island, upper South Island and Chatham Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Liracraea odhneri Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434292 on 5 August 2017
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.