Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri
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| Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri (Pfeiffer, L., 1861) |
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Realia hochstetteri Pfeiffer, L., 1861 |
Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri 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 Northland in the North Island.
[edit] Shell description
The shell has a broad flange surrounding the peristome. Sculpture consists of closely spaced narrow axial plications, uniformly dark horny or sepia, and never with a colour pattern or hydrophanous markings.
Shell height is up to 10.1 mm, and width up to 5.8 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
