Liarea hochstetteri alta

Taxobox
name = "Liarea hochstetteri alta"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Mesogastropoda
familia = Liareidae
genus = "Liarea"
species = "L. hochstetteri"
subspecies = "L. hochstetteri alta"
trinomial = "Liarea hochstetteri alta"
trinomial_authority = Powell, 1954
synonyms =

"Liarea hochstetteri alta" is a subspecies of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Liareidae.

Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to New Zealand, found in Northland in the North Island.

hell description

The shell has a taller spire than in the typical "Liarea hochstetteri".

Shell height is up to 12.9 mm, and width up to 5.9 mm.

References

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