Liarea hochstetteri carinella

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Liarea hochstetteri carinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genus: Liarea
Species: L. hochstetteri
Subspecies: L. hochstetteri carinella
Trinomial name
Liarea hochstetteri carinella
(Pfeiffer, L., 1861)
Synonyms

Realia carinella Pfeiffer, L., 1861

Liarea hochstetteri carinella is a subspecies of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.

[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand, found in the North Island from Kawau Island in the north to the Awakino Gorge in the south.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is smaller and more slender spired than the typical Liarea hochstetteri.

Coloration is uniformly light brown, without hydrophanous markings.

Shell height is up to 8.7 mm, and width up to 5.5 mm.

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