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Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> indigens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Images: Liotella indigens Finlay, 1926
Holotype, collected 29 May 1914, W of Cape Reinga, NZ (M.001740). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 29 May 1914, W of Cape Reinga, NZ (M.001740). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 29 May 1914, W of Cape Reinga, NZ (M.001740). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SKENEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Skeneidae (Family)
> Liotella (Genus)
> indigens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Brookula (Liotella) Iredale, 1915
Details: Liotella indigens Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.55mm, Width 0.95mm
Distribution:
Southern Norfolk Ridge, West Norfolk Ridge, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 14-1216m
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.78)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.364) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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