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| Liarea hochstetteri alta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Mesogastropoda |
| Family: | Liareidae |
| Genus: | Liarea |
| Species: | L. hochstetteri |
| Subspecies: | L. hochstetteri alta |
| Trinomial name | |
| Liarea hochstetteri alta Powell, 1954 | |
Liarea hochstetteri alta is a subspecies of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.
Distribution
This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand, found in Northland in the North Island.
Shell description
The shell has a taller spire than in the typical Liarea hochstetteri.
Shell height is up to 12.9 mm, and width up to 5.9 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1