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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUPINIDAE: LIAREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Architaenioglossa (Order)
> Cyclophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Pupinidae (Family)
> Liareinae (Subfamily)
> Liarea (Genus)
> hochstetteri alta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omphalotropis (Realia) Gray, 1850
=Realia Gray, 1850
Images: Liarea hochstetteri alta Powell, 1954
Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected near Waiotira, Northland, NZ (MA71201). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUPINIDAE: LIAREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Architaenioglossa (Order)
> Cyclophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Pupinidae (Family)
> Liareinae (Subfamily)
> Liarea (Genus)
> hochstetteri alta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omphalotropis (Realia) Gray, 1850
=Realia Gray, 1850
Details: Liarea hochstetteri alta Powell, 1954
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Whangarei, Northland
Type Data:
  • Waiotira, SW of Whangarei, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Description:
Larger than typical hochstetteri and has a relatively much taller spire. The peristome is broadly expanded as in the ecotype from Herekino and the other western perhumid areas

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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.83)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1954 The Molluscan Land Operculate genus Liarea, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(5) (p.280) Original Description

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