Liarea

Taxobox
name = "Liarea"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Mesogastropoda
familia = Liareidae
genus = "Liarea"
genus_authority = Pfeiffer, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species and subspecies
subdivision = See text.

"Liarea" is a genus of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Liareidae.

Distribution

Species in this genus are endemic to the North Island of New Zealand, being mostly concentrated in Northland.

Description

Shells of this genus have a double continuous peristome, and mostly a colour pattern, caused by regular loosening of the periostracum in the form of axial streaks, zigzags, chevrons, or tesselations.

pecies and subspecies

* "Liarea aupouria aupouria" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea aupouria tara" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea bicarinata" (Suter, 1907)
* "Liarea egea egea" (Gray, 1850)
* "Liarea egea tessellata" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea hochstetteri alta" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea hochstetteri carinella" (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* "Liarea hochstetteri hochstetteri" (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* "Liarea lepida" (Suter, 1904)
* "Liarea ornata" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea turriculata partula" Powell, 1954
* "Liarea turriculata turriculata" (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* "Liarea turriculata waipoua" Powell, 1954

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1