Latia lateralis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Latiidae.
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| Species: | L. lateralis
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| Latia lateralis (Gould, 1852)
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Pelex lateralis Gould, 1852 | |
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
Habitat
editThis limpet lives in clean running streams and rivers.[2]
References
edit- ^ Köhler, F.; Collier, K. (2013). "Latia lateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T189022A1917440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T189022A1917440.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1