Liracraea odhneri

Liracraea odhneri
Liracraea odhneri in Tryphena Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. Collection of Auckland Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Liracraea
Species:	L. odhneri
Binomial name
Liracraea odhneri Powell, 1942
Synonyms [1]
Liracraea odhneri odhneriPowell, 1942 · accepted, alternate representation

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

There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicolaDell, 1956

Description

This snail shell is small to medium-sized (3–30 mm, typically 6–12 mm), oval to fusiform, with a low spire and often a shoulder angulation. It features well-developed spiral and axial sculpture, with microsculpture of spirally aligned granules. The subsutural ramp is not sculpturally separated, and the anal sinus is shallow to deep. The aperture is simple, without strong outgrowths, and the siphon is short to moderately long. The protoconch is multispiral, with up to five whorls, and may have axial ribbing and spiral cords. An operculum is present in some species but often absent. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off North Island, upper South Island and Chatham Islands.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Liracraea odhneri Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434292 on 5 August 2017
2. "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". ResearchGate. p. 281. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

• 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.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Gastropods.com: Liracraea odhneri odhneri