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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 carinella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omphalotropis (Realia) Gray, 1850
=Realia Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Realia carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Images: Liarea hochstetteri carinella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Gordonton, Hamilton, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUPINIDAE: LIAREINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Architaenioglossa (Order)
> Cyclophoroidea (Superfamily)
> Pupinidae (Family)
> Liareinae (Subfamily)
> Liarea (Genus)
> hochstetteri carinella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Omphalotropis (Realia) Gray, 1850
=Realia Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Realia carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
Details: Liarea hochstetteri carinella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 5.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Waitakere Range, Auckland, Kawau Island to Awakino Gorge
Type Data:
  • Taupiri, SE of Huntly, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Description:
Constantly smaller and more slender spired than the typical species. Colour uniformly light brown, without any hydrophanous markings

Distribution Map
 
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.281)

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