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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Liratilia (Genus)
> compta (Species)
Images: Liratilia compta Powell, 1930
Holotype, collected Taupo Bay, Whangaroa, NZ (MA72081). 5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected from shell sand, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 4.5mm
Collected from shell sand, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Liratilia (Genus)
> compta (Species)
Details: Liratilia compta Powell, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast to Mahia
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.189)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 2, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 61 (p.542) 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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