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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:
Off Three Kings Islands and Northland
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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