Species of sea snail
| Liracraea otakauica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Liracraea otakauica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.
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Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Otago.
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Liracraea odhneri A. W. B. Powell, 1942". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- 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.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Liracraea otakauica | |