Latia lateralis

Latia lateralis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Latiidae.

Latia lateralis
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Chilinoidea
Family:
Latiidae
Genus:
Latia
Species:
L. lateralis
Binomial name
Latia lateralis
(Gould, 1852)
Synonyms

Pelex lateralis Gould, 1852

Distribution

This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This limpet lives in clean running streams and rivers.[2]

References
  1. IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 March 2009.
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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