Liracraea otakauica explained

Liracraea otakauica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Otago.

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Liracraea odhneri A. W. B. Powell, 1942 . 2024-05-22 . www.marinespecies.org.