Liarea hochstetteri alta

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Liarea hochstetteri alta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Mesogastropoda
Family: Liareidae
Genus: Liarea
Species: L. hochstetteri
Subspecies: L. hochstetteri alta
Trinomial name
Liarea hochstetteri alta
Powell, 1954

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

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Shell 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.

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