Liracraea otakauica Powell 1942

Liracraea otakauica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 1956

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.8 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off Otago.

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.