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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Larochella (Genus)
> alta (Species)
Images: Larochella alta Powell, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Larochella (Genus)
> alta (Species)
Details: Larochella alta Powell, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.5mm, Width 0.6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. 0-800 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1994 Larochella, (Powell, 1927), Poirieria, 17(2)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.137)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.225) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil