Liracraea otakauica

Liracraea otakauica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Liracraea otakauica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Liracraea
Species:
L. otakauica
Binomial name
Liracraea otakauica
Powell, 1942

There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Otago.

References

  • 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.
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