Larochea secunda is an extremely minute species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Larocheidae.

Larochea secunda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Larocheidae
Genus: Larochea
Species:
L. secunda
Binomial name
Larochea secunda
Powell, 1937

Description

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The thin, minute, white and globose shell reaches a height of 0.9 mm (0.035 in).

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

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  • A.W.B. Powell, New species of marine mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Report, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain, v. 15, 1937, p. 207-208
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Marshall, B. A., 1993. The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). J. Moll. Studies, 59(3):285-294.
  • Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7