Liarea turriculata partula
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| Liarea turriculata partula Powell, 1954 |
Liarea turriculata partula is a subspecies of small 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, near Warkworth.
[edit] Shell description
The shell spire is about 1.5 to 1.33 times the height of the aperture. The peristome is surrounded by a very wide flange.
Shell coloration is pale brown with a dark reddish-brown spiral band at the top of the base, polished, a few distant weak membranous axials, but no hydrophanous pattern.
Shell height is up to 8.2 mm, and width up to 4.7 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
