Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima

Taxobox
name = "Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Herpetopoma"
species = "H. larochei"
subspecies = "H. larochei alacerrima"
trinomial = "Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima"
trinomial_authority = Dell, 1956
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"Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima" is a subspecies of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells.

Distribution

This top shell is endemic to the Cook Strait area of New Zealand.

hell description

This is a regional subspecies, differing from the typical species in having more numerous beaded spiral cords, and a rounded, not angled, periphery.

The maximum shell height is 4.4 mm, and width 4.5 mm.

References

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