Liarea turriculata turriculata

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Liarea turriculata turriculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genus: Liarea
Species: L. turriculata
Subspecies: L. turriculata turriculata
Trinomial name
Liarea turriculata turriculata
(Pfeiffer, L., 1855)
Synonyms

Realia turriculata Pfeiffer, L., 1855

Liarea turriculata turriculata 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 the North Island north of Auckland.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is tall and slender, the spire two to two and a half times the height of the aperture.

Shell coloration is dark brown, showing as irregular axial streaks between the hydrophanous areas of the periostracum.

Shell height is up to 11 mm, and width up to 5.2 mm.

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