Larochea secunda

Taxobox
name = "Larochea secunda"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
superfamilia = Velutinoidea
familia = Velutinidae
subfamilia = Lamellariinae
genus = "Larochea"
species = "L. secunda"
binomial = "Larochea secunda"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1937

"Larochea secunda" is an extremely minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Velutinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.

Habitat

This species is found at depths of about 475 m.

Description

The thin white shell is extremely minute, and similar to "Larochea miranda" but much more globose, with a less twisted columella, and a taller spire.

The shell height is up to 0.9 mm, and width is up to 0.9 mm.

References

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