Aoteatilia larochei

Aoteatilia larochei
Shell of Aoteatilia larochei (specimen at the Auckland Museum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aoteatilia
Species:
A. larochei
Binomial name
Aoteatilia larochei
A. W. B. Powell, 1940

Aoteatilia larochei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island and Three Kings Island.

References

  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • 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
  • Powell, A.W.B. (1940). "The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 241.