Liarea turriculata waipoua

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Liarea turriculata waipoua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genus: Liarea
Species: L. turriculata
Subspecies: L. turriculata waipoua
Trinomial name
Liarea turriculata waipoua
Powell, 1954

Liarea turriculata waipoua 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 spire is about 1.6 times the height of the aperture. Sculpture is of closely spaced narrow membranous axials bearing short bristles.

Shell coloration is uniformly brown, without a hydrophanous pattern, but with a spiral band of dark brown on the upper part of the base.

Shell height is up to 10 mm, and width up to 5 mm.

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