Liracraea odhneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.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
There is one subspecies: Liracraea odhneri benthicola Dell, 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.
Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand occurs off North Island, upper South Island and Chatham Islands.
References
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